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I grew up with the misunderstanding that all women in the United States had the right to choose whether or not to carry a pregnancy to term. Since abortion is legal, I assumed it was accessible. How wrong I was. Since 1973, when abortion became legal in the U.S., state and federal laws have been passed to severely restrict abortion access. In addition 87 percent of counties in the U.S. do not have abortion providers due to threats of harassment and violence. Without access to abortion and without abortion providers, the constitutional right is meaningless.
I know women who have carried pregnancies to term because they couldn't afford abortions. I've heard stories of women choosing between paying rent or getting an abortion; some risk their livestrying to self-abort. This is unacceptable. Abortion is one of the safest and most common medical procedures done in the U.S., and yet women are dying.See the full content of this document
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