How the Republicans Encourage Abortion

With many of our politicians refusing to believe in science, it is not surprising that their actions can result in unexpected (at least to them) consequences.

In a recent study, Biggs MA et al. Obstet Gynecol 2017 Dec, researchers followed 19,700 women from a clinic in California. They found that those who had insurance which covered contraception were three more likely to use appropriate contraception and not use abortion as birth control.

In California, low-income women are mandated to have coverage for contraception. With repeal of the mandatory coverage of birth control, and further repeal of other mandates we can expect abortion rates to increase.

This may cause these same politicians to make abortion more difficult, or illegal. Other studies have shown that making abortions illegal or difficult do not change rates of abortions; just rates of legal abortions. And illegal ones have much higher risks.

The only effective way to decrease abortions is to encourage the use of proper contraception. And of course, in these circumstances it is the low-income women who suffer the most.