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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've been reading a lot of the #youknowme stories and they're just proving the point of anti-abortionists- that abortion is being used as birth control. .. rather than women taking the initiative to protect themselves from pregnancy in the first place. "Oh I can just have my fetus killed because I'm not ready to be a mother."
If abortion is not an option in these cases you better believe there will be more responsible bc use.  
Also, a D&C because of miscarriage is not an abortion by the laws definition.
The # was created to reduce the shame and stigma but it's pretty appalling. [/quote]

Research pretty well proves the opposite -- liberal access to reproductive healthcare in all forms (abortion, birth control, sex ed) reduces unwanted pregnancy and abortion.  European countries prove this over and over again.  [/quote]

Europe is more restrictive...I'm ok with that
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_law

[quote]Despite a wide variation in the restrictions under which it is permitted, abortion is legal in most European countries. The exceptions are Malta, Northern Ireland, and the micro-states of Vatican City, San Marino, Liechtenstein and Andorra, where abortion is illegal or severely restricted.[47][48] The other states with existent, but less severe restrictions are Poland and Monaco. All the remaining states make abortion legal on request or for social and economic reasons during the first trimester. When it comes to later-term abortions, there are very few with laws as liberal as those of the United States.[49] Restrictions on abortion are most stringent in a few countries that are strongly observant of the Catholic faith.[47][/quote]

Most don't allow second trimester - but only under certain circumstances

[quote]Most countries in the European Union allow abortion on demand during the first trimester, with Sweden, the UK and the Netherlands having more extended time limits.[4] After the first trimester, abortion is generally allowed only under certain circumstances, such as risk to woman's life or health, fetal defects or other specific situations that may be related to the circumstances of the conception or the woman's age. For instance, in Austria, second trimester abortions are allowed only if there is a serious risk to physical health of woman (that cannot be averted by other means); risk to mental health of woman (that cannot be averted by other means); immediate risk to life of woman (that cannot be averted by other means); serious fetal impairment (physical or mental); or if the woman is under 14 years of age. Some countries, such as Denmark, allow abortion after the first trimester for a variety of reasons, including socioeconomic ones, but a woman needs an authorization to have such an abortion.[50] Similarly, in Finland, technically abortions even just up to 12 weeks require authorization from two doctors (unless special circumstances), but in practice the authorization is only a rubber stamp and it is granted if the mother simply does not wish to have a baby.[51][/quote][/quote]

No, Europe is not more restrictive with respect to when the vast number of abortions happen (first trimester). Europe is MUCH more liberal because there are MANY fewer barriers to getting an abortion.  [/quote]

NO there isn't.  You want an abortion here you go get one in most cases.  In Denmark you have to have two doctors sign off. Sweden and Austria are just as restrictive.

You're rambling on spreading inaccuracies. [/quote]

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