Prior to legalized abortion in the U.S., how did abortions cost women’s lives?
Prohibiting abortion does not stop abortion. If a woman feels that it is necessary to have a termination of pregnancy procedure performed, she will find a way to do so even if she knows she is going to a place that is dangerous and could be detrimental to her health or her life. Women become desperate and behave as if they are criminals when confronted with an unwanted pregnancy prior to the legalization of abortion in the U.S. Allowing abortions to become legal protected women’s lives and overall health as the long term sequel of botched abortions (incomplete abortions, perforation of uterus, bowel or bladder problems, uterine perforation, sepsis, heavy bleeding, infertility, and maternal death) are not completely abolished, but are dramatically decreased to less than .5%.
