Illegal Abortions Kill Women

More than half a million women die as a result of complications in pregnancy and childbirth every year, and 19 million unsafe abortions are carried out annually, resulting in nearly 68,000 deaths, the World Health Organization announced Nov. 1 as part of a reproductive health survey to be published in the British journal, the Lancet. "This survey sounds an urgent alarm that if we do not address sexual and reproductive health openly and directly the toll of death and disability will remain with us for many years to come," said Dr. Paul Van Look, WHO's director of reproductive health and research.

This is why women must have access to safe, legal abortions! If the Fetus Fanatics actually cared about women as they claim, they would be on a crusade about how to prevent the more than half a million deaths associated with childbirth, and they CERTAINLY would not accept that 68,000 deaths occur because of unsafe, illegal abortions. Wake up hypocrites! The fact is, fetal rights have trumped women's rights. The Supreme Feti is now more worthy of life than a woman. Another thing to note: it has been proven time and time again that criminalizing abortion does not elimiate it--nor does it eliminate the need for it. It drives this procedure underground, making it more dangerous and more life-threatening. It does nothing to address the need, in fact it creates it. When numbers of abortions are high, it is a reflection on society's failure to its women.