What Does a New 10-Year Study Teach Us About What We Talk About When We Talk About Abortion?

What Does a New 10-Year Study Teach Us About What We Talk About When We Talk About Abortion?

By Diana Greene Foster
June 23, 2020

About 10 years ago, I was at a gathering of mothers whose children went to the same day care as my kids. A new mom had joined the group, and someone pointed at me and said, “That woman studies abortion.” From across the room, I heard her reply, “I don’t know how anyone could kill their baby.” Then, silence. Everyone had heard this comment, but nobody wanted to engage.

When that mom left the gathering, maybe half an hour later, the stories poured out. One woman told us she had had an abortion in high school, and she felt so grateful for it because it allowed her to have two intended pregnancies as an adult.

Continued: https://www.vogue.com/article/new-book-the-turnaway-study

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India – Seeking a more progressive abortion law

Seeking a more progressive abortion law

Ayushi Agarwal
February 10, 2020

The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Bill doesn’t do enough to secure women’s choices and interests

Recent reports have shown that more than 10 women die everyday due to unsafe abortions in India, and backward abortion laws only contribute to women seeking illegal and unsafe options. The Cabinet has recently approved the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020 (MTP Bill, 2020) which will soon be tabled in Parliament. It seeks to amend the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 (MTP Act) and follows the MTP Bills of 2014, 2017 and 2018, all of which previously lapsed in Parliament.

Continued: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/seeking-a-more-progressive-abortion-law/article30777394.ece

USA – Brett Kavanaugh’s disturbing abortion history: He ruled against women who were forced to abort

Brett Kavanaugh’s disturbing abortion history: He ruled against women who were forced to abort
In 2007, two disabled women complained about being forced to have abortions. Kavanaugh ruled against them

Amanda Marcotte
August 20, 2018

Much of the discourse around Brett Kavanaugh, Donald Trump's second nominee for the Supreme Court, has been focused around his attitudes on abortion. Anti-choice groups have been crowing that Kavanaugh has a "strong record of protecting life" and will uphold laws written "to protect unborn children." Trump himself promised, during the 2016 campaign, to appoint "pro-life judges." And while some conservatives, in a likely effort to bamboozle both the Senate and the public, have been pretending that Kavanaugh is a moderate when it comes to the abortion issue, both pro- and anti-choice activists seem to agree that Kavanaugh is a threat to a woman's right to choose to terminate her pregnancy.

"Choose" being the operative word here. In 2007, as an appellate judge in Washington, D.C., Kavanaugh was presented with an unusual case involving two women who had wanted to continue their pregnancies but had been forced to have abortions instead. They sued and Kavanaugh ruled against them, denying their claims that they had a right to be consulted about the decision to terminate their pregnancies.

Continued: https://www.salon.com/2018/08/20/brett-kavanaughs-disturbing-abortion-history-he-ruled-against-women-who-endured-forced-abortions/