Antiabortion activism increases rather than decreases abortion rates

Evidence

While the right continues to grandstand on the abortion issue, the abortion rate in the United States is in decline for reasons that have much to do with innovations in long-acting birth control. Access is key, however. Multiple studies show that increased contraceptive access, including better insurance coverage policies, over-the-counter availability, and comprehensive sex education, dramatically reduces rates of both unintended pregnancy and abortion. If antiabortion activists were truly interested in lowering abortion rates, they would champion such measures. Instead, they support measures that interfere with access. — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers, 636

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Prejudice reduction efforts can suppress disadvantaged groups’ activism — Cristian Tileagă, The Nature of Prejudice: Society,…, 120; Exposure to opposing political views often increases rather than reduces polarization. — , The Braided Reading EPUB: 5-Year…, 1475; Restrictive abortion laws did not reduce the number of actual abortions, only legal ones

Broader Connections

• Exposure to opposing political views often increases rather than reduces polarization. #expands (0.80) — , The Braided Reading EPUB, 1475
• Prejudice reduction efforts can suppress disadvantaged groups’ activism #complicates (0.72) — Cristian Tileagă, The Nature of Prejudice, 120