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Judi Lynn

(160,542 posts) Wed Dec 4, 2019, 07:38 PM Dec 2019

These Lawmakers Saw What Criminalizing Abortion Looks Like. They Were Horrified.

Dec 4, 2019, 11:04am Jo Yurcaba

Criminalizing abortion in El Salvador means people go to prison for miscarrying. Abortion rights advocates fear this could become a reality in the United States.

Five Democratic legislators from states hostile to abortion rights visited El Salvador recently to see the effect of the country’s abortion ban on people’s health and lives.

El Salvador officials banned abortion in all circumstances in 1998. Since then at least 150 people have been prosecuted for having or trying to have an abortion, said Paula Avila-Guillen, a lawyer at the New York-based Women’s Equality Center who represents women accused of crimes under El Salvador’s ban.

The Democratic legislators who visited El Salvador were Alabama Rep. Merika Coleman (Birmingham), Ohio Rep. Stephanie Howse (Cleveland), Florida Rep. Cindy Polo (Miami), Arizona Rep. Raquel Terán (Phoenix), and Georgia state Sen. Nikema Williams (Atlanta). Many are lawmakers in states where Republican-majority legislatures tried to ban abortion in 2019. Near-total abortion bans—outlawing the procedure before many know they are pregnant—passed this year in states across the South and Midwest.

More:
https://rewire.news/article/2019/12/04/these-lawmakers-saw-what-criminalizing-abortion-looks-like-they-were-horrified/

Editorials and other articles:
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These Lawmakers Saw What Criminalizing Abortion Looks Like. They Were Horrified. (Original Post) Judi Lynn Dec 2019 OP

They should have compelled male colleagues to join them. flor-de-jasmim Dec 2019 #1

Let's be very clear. It's 150 women. Phoenix61 Dec 2019 #2

there are conditions that make you miscarry. one is called a tipped uterus. demigoddess Dec 2019 #3

flor-de-jasmim

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1. They should have compelled male colleagues to join them.

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Wed Dec 4, 2019, 08:08 PM

Dec 2019

Phoenix61

(17,006 posts)

2. Let's be very clear. It's 150 women.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed Dec 4, 2019, 08:16 PM

Dec 2019

They are the only people who seek or have an abortion.

demigoddess

(6,641 posts)

3. there are conditions that make you miscarry. one is called a tipped uterus.

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Thu Dec 5, 2019, 01:24 AM

Dec 2019

you are born with it, you don't cause it and it usually comes as a surprise. My first pregnancy, the doctor at first exam said "you're going to miscarry" I didn't believe him. I miscarried twice and then had fine healthy children. Seems like these lawmakers don't do any research before they propose laws. How stupid do they get?

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