Fewer Abortions Post-Dobbs
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🗓️ 19 June 2023
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Summary
According to a recent report on the online source FiveThirtyEight, the Dobbs decision has made a big difference.
"There were almost 94,000 fewer abortions in states that implemented bans post-Dobbs, just between July and March," author Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux summarized in a Twitter thread. "Almost 100k affected and that's not even the full year." And, in states without bans, "Abortions rose by ~70,000." In other words, the Dobbs decision from the U.S. Supreme Court that overturned Roe v. Wade and returned the abortion decision back to the states has meant a net decrease of 24,000 abortions nationwide.
Some bans have had a more significant impact than others. For example, abortion in states that "have banned abortion after six weeks ... [abortions] tend to drop by 50-60%. If that happened in FL, where a six-week ban is pending, we could be talking about 4k fewer abortions MONTHLY."
To be clear, Thomson-DeVeaux is alarmed by these numbers.
At the same time, data points to huge shifts in how abortion is attained in America, most notably abortion tourism and an uptick in chemical abortions. So, the work continues. And yet, it is safe to say that elections matter.
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| 0:00.0 | With a woman to look at culture from a Christian worldview, I'm John Stone Street with the point. |
| 0:04.6 | According to a recent report on the online source 538.com, the Dobs decision is made a big difference. |
| 0:10.1 | There are almost 94,000 fewer abortions in states that implemented BAN's post-dobs, |
| 0:15.0 | just between July and March, author Amelia Thompson to vote summarized in a Twitter thread, |
| 0:19.5 | almost 100,000 affected, that's not even the full year. |
| 0:22.4 | And in states without BAN she continues, abortions rose by 70,000. |
| 0:26.7 | In other words, the Dobs decision, the US Supreme Court, could overturn Roe v. Wade and return |
| 0:31.1 | abortion decisions back to the states, has meant a net decrease of 24,000 fewer abortions nationwide already. |
| 0:38.2 | Some BANs have had more significant impact than others. |
| 0:40.6 | For example, in states that if BAN abortion after six weeks, abortions tend to drop by 50 to 60%. |
| 0:46.2 | If that happened in Florida, she continues, where a six week BAN is pending, we could be talking about 4,000 fewer abortions every month. |
| 0:53.4 | Now to be clear, the author is alarmed by these numbers. |
| 0:56.3 | I'm not. |
| 0:57.3 | At the same time, the data is also pointing to huge shifts in how abortion is attained in America. |
| 1:02.2 | Most notably in increasing abortion tourism and in uptick in seeking chemical abortions, so our work continues. |
| 1:08.7 | And yet it's still safe to say, elections have consequences. |
| 1:12.2 | I'm John Stone Street. |
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