The Appellate Court properly noted that the Illinois law cited by the Cook County Judge was never intended to grant rights to an unimplanted, fertilized egg. In an amicus curiae brief filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, we also noted that the decision relied on antiquated, scientifically-invalid Illinois abortion laws that long ago were blocked from enforcement by federal courts. The Appellate Court today acted swiftly and directly to reverse this lower court's error.
One of the comments from the coverage at RH Reality Check says (and I'm not embellishing):
This Godless judge needs a Biology 101 class!! (truthiness, is that you?)
"An abortion kills the life of a baby after it has begun. It is dangerous to your life and health. It may make you sterile, so that when you want a child you cannot have it." — Planned Parenthood
That PP "quote" is another anti-abortion myth that the extremist claim came from a 1963 pamphlet from PP. Now, I don't doubt that illegal abortion most certainly caused sterility and even death - but this is a very good argument for keeping abortion safe and legal - legal abortion is safer than childbirth, for crying out loud. The baby stuff is pure nonsense... no pregnancy, no birth, no baby.
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" but this is a very good argument for keeping abortion safe and legal"
There is no way to keep abortion safe, there is always a death that occurs.
For the person facing either prospect, abortion is safer than childbirth. Safety wouldn't be a reason that a woman would opt to gestate her pregnancy.
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