USA – Abortion is Essential, Especially Now During COVID-19 Crisis

OPINION: Abortion is Essential, Especially Now During COVID-19 Crisis

By Kimberly Kelly, Ph.D
Saturday, April 11, 2020

As the global pandemic of COVID-19 spreads across the nation, states are engaged in legitimate efforts to reserve personal protective equipment supplies for hospitals and other critical health care sites by delaying non-essential surgical procedures. “Non-essential” means procedures like elective plastic surgery, having one’s teeth capped or a tonsillectomy—procedures wherein a delay will not result in serious or permanent harm to the individual.

In a disingenuous move, politicians in Mississippi and several other southern states have sought to classify abortion as “non-essential,” attempting to make access difficult if not impossible.

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