We cannot lose sight of this simple truth: Abortion bans are extreme and harmful because they ban abortion, period.

12/13/2022
by ELIZABETH NASH

If you’re following the debate around the total bans on abortion in place in states across the country, you might think what makes them extreme and harmful is whether they have certain exceptions, like those for people experiencing life-threatening pregnancy complications. Harrowing stories about people in these circumstances in Texas, Louisiana and more continue to generate huge media attention because they so clearly expose the depravity of anti-abortion policies. 

But this overwhelming focus on whether bans have exceptions and whether people can get abortions in extreme situations distorts our perception of what is actually happening in states that ban abortion—which is that abortion bans are extreme and harmful because they ban abortion, period.

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