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09/02/21 9:59 PM

#384209 RE: blackhawks #384205

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09/02/21 10:08 PM

#384212 RE: blackhawks #384205

Quick! Back to '55!!



"Stone cold pricks to their amoral sociopathic cores. Not nearly enough 'fuckin' republicans'
in hookrider's sizeable 'fuckin' republicans' ditty bag to meet the demand.
"

Make that a glacial stone. I didn't understand the 1955 reference. This could be it

The Public Health Impact of Legal Abortion: 30 Years Later

Willard Cates, Jr. David A. Grimes Kenneth F. Schulz
First published online: January 1, 2003 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1363/3502503

Before the Roe v. Wade decision in 1973, data on abortion in the United States were scarce. In 1955, experts had estimated, on the basis of qualitative assumptions, that 200,000-1,200,000 illegal abortions were performed each year.1 Despite its wide range, this estimate remained the most reliable indicator of the magnitude of induced abortion for many years. In 1967, researchers confirmed this estimate by extrapolating data from a randomized-response survey conducted in North Carolina: They concluded that a total of 800,000 induced (mostly illegal) abortions were performed nationally each year.2

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CONCLUSION

Roe v. Wade transformed abortion from an unsafe, clandestine procedure to one performed under safe, medical conditions. The 1970s thus saw a reduction in abortion-related complications and deaths as safer options became available to American women choosing to terminate an unplanned pregnancy. Since Roe v. Wade, a full generation of Americans have come to expect abortion services to be available alongside other health services.

However, the topic of abortion remains one of the most controversial areas of public policy. The intense public debate has allowed us to know more about legally induced abortion than about any other procedure. Although the available medical evidence does not directly address society's moral issues, it allows an objective insight to the health effects of wider access to legal abortion. Despite polarized opposition to the choice of legal abortion, the public health data have helped guide judicial rulings, legislative actions and surgeon general's reports, which have together allowed safer choices for American women of reproductive age.

https://www.guttmacher.org/journals/psrh/2003/01/public-health-impact-legal-abortion-30-years-later