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Anonymous wrote:^^^ Which is still more restrictive than Mississippi’s policy.
FFS, no it is not more restrictive than Mississsippi's policy. Abortion policies are about ACCESS, not just weeks of pregnancy. But sure, if your argument is that US states should provide abortion access same as Europe, I'm all for it.
Once again: can you even read? Portugal allows abortion UP UNTIL the 10th week. That is most definitely more strict than Mississippi.
DP. You are missing the point about access. In many parts of the US, women find out they are pregnant and know they want an abortion by 7 or 8 weeks, but then it can’t take several weeks beyond that to get the money together for an abortion and to travel to a clinic in there isn’t one nearby (which is the case for much of the US), make an appointment, get their mandatory ultrasound, and then return on a different day for the procedure itself. If abortion were readily accessible such that women could get an appointment at a clinic local to them within a week of finding out they are pregnant, not deal with a waiting period, and have the cost of the abortion covered by insurance as healthcare, there would be far less need for abortion after 10-12 weeks in this country.
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