Pre-Roe v. Wade (the U.S. Supreme Court case that ruled that women should be able to make private medical decisions, including abortion), that kind of reporting on possible abortions was required in U.S. hospitals, too. It was particularly troubling, because you couldn't guarantee that folks doing illegal abortions were at all skilled, and so you were more likely to have complications, and less likely to seek care for them.
One of the many good things about making/keeping abortion legal is that when it's legal, it can be regulated -- like, only licensed doctors can do it. On the other hand, the conservatives in the U.S. just try to regulate it out of existence, by making it too complicated or expensive to be accessible. But when done by a competent, trained physician, abortion is such an incredibly safe procedure -- safer than childbirth, by far.
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Date: 2011-04-08 09:10 pm (UTC)One of the many good things about making/keeping abortion legal is that when it's legal, it can be regulated -- like, only licensed doctors can do it. On the other hand, the conservatives in the U.S. just try to regulate it out of existence, by making it too complicated or expensive to be accessible. But when done by a competent, trained physician, abortion is such an incredibly safe procedure -- safer than childbirth, by far.