Consequences of banning abortion?

Question

If abortion were to be banned in the US, what do you think the consequences would be?

Answer 1

It will "go underground," becoming available only "on the black market" or in foreign countries. Or women will attempt to self-abort. Lots of women will die from this.

The Fundamentalists will go, "Tsk, tsk, serves her right! But it's too bad that her poor, innocent baby had to die with her!"

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And I would like to add a couple of things to my response--these in response to the other posters, not to the original poster:

There is NO birth control that is 100% effective 100% of the time.

Please re-read the sentence above and let it sink into your consciousness before reading further, because it's really, really important that you understand this.

Yes, some people ARE irresponsible.
But even the people who use birth control, and use it correctly, have birth control failures. And some of them will use abortion as a back-up to contraception. Notice that I did not say "use abortion as contraception." Abortion is birth control, but it is NOT contraception.

I, myself, got a tubal ligation whe I was very young. But I know that even THAT has a failure rate of 3 in 1000. If I got pregnant, after having done the responsible thing by getting a tubal, then I would have an abortion. Why would I murder an innocent baby? It's because I'm one of those weird women who have no maternal instincts and who find the very thought of being pregnant repugnant.
"Well, then", the religious folks are probably thinking, "Why doesn't she just not have sex if she doesn't want to take a 3-in-1000 chance on getting pregnant?"
And to that, I can only say, "Oh, puhleeze!? Do you honestly think that's a realistic suggestion for everyone in the world, 'Don't have sex if you don't want babies'?"

You would be surprised how many religious women have abortions and keep it a secret from their religious friends. People are only sanctimounious about OTHER WOMEN'S wombs.

Y'know what? There are some women that I'd like to see getting abortions who aren't doing it, such as the so-called "crack whores." But I feel that it's not my business what other women do with their wombs, so I don't go there. I'd really love it if everyone would take care of their OWN morals and not try to control everyone else.

Answer 2

Well... A few years ago in China, they started to worry about over population... And what happen is that they start to restrict a family to only have 1 children each. Abortion starts to become a high activity in the country - Both willing and unwilling. The willings are those who wanted a son, so they will see if the feotus is a female, they will go abort it and try for a son again. The unwillingly are those forced to abort by authorities when it was found out that they already had a living child before.

If really abortion is banned in US, there will just be a lot more illegal abortion. If not, they can abort at other countries. Then you will see a drop in medical economy and people are going overseas more often. Otherwise, there will be an increase in death due to illegal abortion. Which I think was what mostly happen in illegals abortion clinic.

Answer 3

To do that, the Supreme Court would have to rule that reproductive rights are not fundamental rights. If women lose the individual right to choose, then the government gets to make all the decisions regarding reproduction. Either way, someone is going to choose. It's either going to be the individual, or it's going to be the majority (through enacted laws). If the majority gets to choose, then they are effectively imposing their belief system -- which is almost always religiously-based -- on everyone.

Try to imagine what could happen, if all reproductive rights are now subject to state control.

New York or Florida could pass a law saying that anyone making less than $30K per year cannot have children, and must abort any pregnancy, because they obviously cannot support them financially. No constitutional challenge, because reproductive rights are no longer nationally protected. It's up to the states to decide.

Or North Carolina or Texas decides that convicted felons should never have children, and starts imposing mandatory sterilization as part of criminal sentences. No constitutional challenge, because reproductive rights are no longer nationally protected. Let the states decide. Right?

South Dakota has already outlawed abortion, even in the case of rape or incest or permanent harm to the mother. Then, they decide that they have too little population, and require every female under the age of 28 who is not celibate to have at least one child. Or mandating that women serve as surrogates. No constitutional challenge, because reproductive rights are no longer nationally protected. Let the states decide? When the states can't even follow the existing rules of law?

Once the right to reproductive privacy is taken away by the court, it will be decades before it can be reestablished. Conservatives better start praying, if they get their wish, that during that time they don't become the minority under a legislation that decides to require abortions. Because, once that right to personal choice is lost, the government will always be able to decide whether you can have children or not.

Answer 4

The consequences will be exactly the same as they were for all the years before Roe v. Wade: women with means will be able to travel to someplace where abortion is legal and have it done safely. Poor women will resort to back-street butchers or will try to self-abort. Or, they'll go through with the pregnancy and abandon the baby in a dumpster somewhere. Unwed pregnant women will be stigmatized while the men who impregnated them will go on about their business. Just like the "good old days," right?

Answer 5

I think it might make it more of an issue because you will end up with people claiming knowledge on how to but hurting others because they really are in it for the money. Or you end up with doctors who feel it is right, and people having it done in not-so healthy areas (thus causing complications, death, etc since the place it was done in was not well equipt). This was a CSI episode but instead involved sex-change operations for men who did not qualify for one according to the government. Overall, I think banning will do more harm than good. Maybe just a law limiting when you can get one done pending on how far along you are.

Answer 6

many children would be born into families without the ability to support them and either abandoned entirely or would not have their basic needs met. In order to solve the problem the government would have to raise people's taxes making the middle and lower class poorer and putting them into the position of not being able to care for their children. Even if the government didn't take up the cause of helping these kids just the population increase would force the government to raise taxes for schools and municipal projects. So to me all the people who want abortion ended should be ready to foot the bill when it comes

Answer 7

Just because it's banned doesn't mean everyone will stop doing it. A major problem with banning abortion is the effects backalley abortions will have on women. Abortions will become increasingly more dangerous to women.

Answer 8

If we ban abortion how many more kids would be in foster care, How many more of our kids will be left in the dark or killed because their parents really dont want them, How many more. of these kids will suffer the everyday torment of knowing they were not wanted. How many more kids will live their life in a system that is founded by this gov't and then forgets them when they are of age. Sure there adoption agencies how many people are willing to adopt and child with RAD, ADHD, ADD, BLIND, HANDICAPPED IN SOME WAY, and is already a TEENAGER goin through puberty.

Answer 9

Same as they were before Roe v Wade.

Most women would have the kid, then either keep it or adopt it out. Many with serious health problems would be able to get an exemption, just as before. Some would go the back alley route.

But we should not go back to a blanket ban. That caused almost as many tragedies as the blanket permission.

Can't ANYONE in government think!?

Answer 10

I think eventually we would see more good in our society. In this day and age of easy birth control there is no reason to get pregnant unnecessarily. I think abortion has created a generation of irresponsibility and a disregard for human life. When we make killing unborn babies a everyday event we make human life not valued. Children growing up see and know that we kill unborn human life. What do you think that instills in their impressionable minds?? There are thousands of people waiting for babies to adopt. Back when they legalized abortion they said it would lower unwanted pregnancies but in fact it increased it.