Common misperceptions about abortion
27 August 2024
This post contains excerpts from a post by News from the States:
Reproductive rights have taken center stage in the first post-Roe presidential election that presently features a longtime advocate for reproductive rights in Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, opposite former Republican President Donald Trump, whose three appointed U.S. Supreme Court justices helped overturn federal abortion rights. Although Trump’s former health staffers have co-authored the Heritage Foundation’s conservative anti-abortion policy blueprint for a future Republican administration, called Project 2025, Trump, his outspoken anti-abortion running mate Ohio U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance, and many GOP candidates have attempted to soften their abortion stances while also adopting the longtime movement narrative that abortion is dangerous to women and equivalent to infanticide.
As the first presidential election season since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision heats up, here are the facts behind the most commonly touted myths about abortion.1. Abortion is safe. . .
2. Abortion can reduce health risks and infertility and save lives. . .
3. Abortion is not infanticide. . .
4. “Late-term” and “partial-birth” abortions are political terms not grounded in science. . .
5. Abortion exceptions for rape, incest, fetal anomalies, and health risks do not exist in most states where abortion is totally banned. . .
6. The terms “heartbeat bill” and “six-week abortion bans” are misleading. . .
7. The GOP platform contradicts promises to leave abortion to the states and to protect IVF. . .
8. Emergency contraceptives are not abortifacients but could be impacted by personhood laws. . .
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