BEWARE OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES

UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF ABORTION BANS:

Misunderstandings about abortion abound! And, most people don't know that there is anything that they don't know or misunderstand.

Do anti-choice people really REALLY understand that they will be bound by these laws, too? Unless they are wealthy, of couse. 

The 2 biggest misunderstandings about abortion - that influence all the others - are

1.  Not knowing what abortion is. Yep. That is true.

2.  Not understanding how complicated medical decisions are, how deep and wide the knowledge & experience of HCP's, and that there are often no black:white decisions to be made. When you vote for politicians who are anti-abortion, you are voting for women and girls -- and their families -- to lose their voices in making their own health care decisions.

Consequences of #AbortonBans:

 -> OB-GYN resident docs are leaving the state. In fact, medical recruters are seeking doctors from states like Wisconsin -- with an 1849 abortion ban waiting in the wings -- to move to states that guarantee the right to abortion.

-> OB-GYN programs have trouble training doctors in procedures such as dilation and curretage -- D&C.  Doctors and women are in danger of being criminally charged even if the procedure had nothing to do with an abortion. Even if the fetus is already dead. Even if the fetus is "incompatible with life." 

-> Doctors are afraid to perform salpinectomies to remove tubal pregnancies. Embryos which implant outside the uterus cannot live. These "ectopic pregnancies" can kill the mother or can cause her to lose one of her tubes. 

-> Couples can't get infertility treatment. Yep. Couples are not able to get IVF under abortion restrictions or bans. This is heartbreaking.

-> IVF clinics will close/move to other states. Illinoise will now get this business.

-> Families of unconscious pregnant women cannot make medical decisions for them! Imagine, your wife is unconscious after an accident and the ER is waiting for the dying fetus to finally die before working to save her life.

-> Poverty will rise. Abortion is an economic issue. The inabililty to get an abortion will have a huge impact on the financial stability of families. 

-> Incidence of infection/sepsis will rise.

-> Incidence of genetic disorders will rise.

-> Adoptions will NOT increase

-> Need for "welfare" & services WILL increase

-> There will NOT be a sharp rise in foster parenting 

-> Women WILL die as a result

-> More infants WILL die at birth or soon after

-> The negative consequences will be most felt by POC and in rural areas

These are the tragic consequencies when ignorant politicians make medical decisions.