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pat_k

(12,904 posts)
42. You have a point that "rare" as a policy goal can attach a stigma to it.
Wed Nov 26, 2025, 09:33 PM
Nov 2025

And while the decision may be easy for many women, that doesn't mean they wouldn't have preferred to have avoided the pregnancy entirely.

Access to the most effective methods, such as IUD's or implants, without parental consent, is still impossible in half of our states.

That is intolerable.

Access to free birth control reduces abortion rates
A study from Washington University School of Medicine shows that providing free birth control to women reduces unplanned pregnancies and abortions
by Diane Duke Williams•October 12, 2012

https://medicine.washu.edu/news/access-to-free-birth-control-reduces-abortion-rates/

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A new study by investigators at Washington University reports that providing birth control to women at no cost substantially reduces unplanned pregnancies and cuts abortion rates by a range of 62 to 78 percent compared to the national rate....



Whether it's a policy goal or not, access to effective birth control reduces abortion rates by something like 60% or 80%.

That tells me that when given the choice, women choose methods like IUD's or implants over less effective methods and sequential abortion as back up "birth control" method.

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ding x 1000000000! AllaN01Bear Nov 2025 #1
Excellent 👍👍💙💙 TommieMommy Nov 2025 #2
Brava! sheshe2 Nov 2025 #3
Hmmmm.....do men have lack of standing in court? Karadeniz Nov 2025 #4
What do you think, do they? bluesbassman Nov 2025 #6
That's an excellent question. If a man is just the vehicle for the distribution of zillions of sperm erronis Nov 2025 #8
THIS!!! calimary Nov 2025 #5
I couldn't agree more. 👍 Dave Bowman Nov 2025 #7
She is 100% correct. GoodRaisin Nov 2025 #9
The provider of the egg and the nurture should be the only one to have authority, under law and justice. erronis Nov 2025 #10
Excellent! 2naSalit Nov 2025 #11
Some men have uteruses and plenty of women think abortion should be illegal. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2025 #12
Noted. ZDU Nov 2025 #15
Supportive of? WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2025 #18
Bill Clinton suggested that abortion should be safe, legal and rare.. Permanut Nov 2025 #13
When abortion is safe and legal, there's no reason for it to be rare. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2025 #17
Roger that.. Permanut Nov 2025 #19
Safety as in...? WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2025 #20
I'm not a health care provider.. Permanut Nov 2025 #22
Depends on the method of prevention. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2025 #25
Safety as in abortion is a lower health risk than dental work, and giving birth is a higher health risk than dental work ancianita Nov 2025 #27
Right. Mife is safer than Tylenol. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2025 #28
As a 65 year old woman... pat_k Nov 2025 #24
"I do not know ANY FEMALE person who would "choose" abortion as a method of birth control" WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2025 #26
Just curious. Are you now, or have your ever been a person who could become pregnant? pat_k Nov 2025 #29
What about my response prompts this McCarthyist question? WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2025 #30
I fear I may have responded in a knee jerk way because... pat_k Nov 2025 #31
Thank you for your apology. Please don't beat yourself up about it. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2025 #36
Abortion can be safe, legal, rare, free, on demand and without apology all at once biophile Nov 2025 #41
You have a point that "rare" as a policy goal can attach a stigma to it. pat_k Nov 2025 #42
Hear, hear! ZDU Nov 2025 #14
Don't forget the "It's not my fault. She was askin' for it." part. Ping Tung Nov 2025 #16
It is bad enough that women still must defend their right to make life altering choices about continuing a pregnancy.. pat_k Nov 2025 #21
Not one of you live in fear of having a miscarriage and being hauled off to jail Clouds Passing Nov 2025 #23
Interesting to see this, right after learning that robert dear, the Planned niyad Nov 2025 #32
Just learned this too pat_k Nov 2025 #33
K&R spanone Nov 2025 #34
Wow. Just, wow. And Amen. Joinfortmill Nov 2025 #35
I'm glad to get on the rec list. Better late than never. NNadir Nov 2025 #37
I and my husband have always felt those true words. chouchou Nov 2025 #38
But, the Bible says ... JustABozoOnThisBus Nov 2025 #39
100% true! Martin68 Nov 2025 #40
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