Want to Lower Abortion Rates? Look to Canada’s Example.

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Want to Lower Abortion Rates? Look to Canada’s Example.
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“...one might even call Canada’s policies more accurate examples of what pro-life should mean: policies that support the health and well being of pregnant people and their children.”

Though it may seem counterintuitive, Canada did not achieve its lower abortion rate by banning abortion. Quite the opposite, in fact. Canada decriminalized the procedure in 1988. It is now legal, at all stages of pregnancy, and publicly funded. The most pressing concern is access to care, as most clinics are located near large population centers, and those living in rural Canada often have to travel significant distances to secure an abortion.

Canada consistently supports women and babies throughout their lives. Women have easy and inexpensive access to contraception. Should they choose pregnancy, they have good health care throughout the process, including prenatal care....one might even call Canada’s policies more accurate examples of what pro-life should mean: policies that support the health and well being of pregnant people and their children.Maternal health is better and pregnancy is less dangerous in Canada.

A system with almost unlimited abortion access, when combined with decent health care , and good support for new parents, goes a long way towards creating ideal conditions for bringing babies into the world. Indeed, one might even call Canada’s policies more accurate examples of what pro-life should mean: policies that support the health and well being of pregnant people and their children.One Colorado program suggests that they can.

, births to women without a high school education fell 38 percent, second and higher order births to teens were cut by 57 percent, and rapid repeat births declined by 12 percent among all women.is particularly important for the lives and health of low-income women and their children.

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