US abortions reach highest level in over a decade, sparked by surge in medication abortion

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US abortions reach highest level in over a decade, sparked by surge in medication abortion | CNN
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Abortions are on the rise in the United States, despite bans that have taken effect in more than a dozen states since the US Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision that revoked the federal right to abortion in June 2022.

There were more than 1 million abortions in the US in 2023, the highest rate in more than a decade and a 10% jump from 2020, according to a report released Tuesday by the Guttmacher Institute, a research and policy organization focused on sexual and reproductive health that supports abortion rights. The latest trends also suggest that medication abortion is a more common option than ever.

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Nah.

That isn’t an oversight in their mind. The objective is to ban all forms of abortion. Legally, it’s a form of compromise, but in their view it’s a loophole.

The next crusade is that already limited window.

In this case, I prefer George Bernard Shaw: "There is nothing more dangerous than the conscience of a bigot."

"Never attribute human rights violations to anything other than malice." - me

I also like what I call the boomer addendum to hanlons razor, "never excuse to incompetence what results in profit" or put another way, "profit is never an accident".

Does not apply when the group in question is vocal about their stance on the subject

Unless the group in question is openly malicious.

Which is always the case for republicans.