The New York Times ran a story that cited a study conducted by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Guttmacher Institute which concludes that pro-life laws in countries are doing more harm than good for women around the world—an interesting approach to suggest that law don’t matter that much. Hypothetically, the equivalent to the argument made in this article would be to argue that because another country, with weaker murder penalties, has a similar murder rate as the United States, outlawing murder could be considered a failed policy. Perhaps we should overturn murder laws too.
Considering the source—since the Guttmacher Institute is hardly an unbiased research firm when it comes to international abortion statistics, it is reasonable to assume that their abortion and mother mortality figures are inaccurate as many countries do not accurately report their true abortion statistics (the United States being one of them). For instance, according to ex-abortionist Dr. Nathanson, "We [NARAL] aroused enough sympathy to sell our program of permissive abortion by fabricating the number of illegal abortions done annually in the U.S. The actual figure was approaching 100,000 but the figure we gave to the media repeatedly was 1,000,000. Repeating the big lie often enough convinces the public." Additionally, while their statistics from Eastern Europe may encourage some, it is important to remember that under communist control, abortion was the primary form of birth control. For a little more insight into the misrepresentations of such a study, read this article from Life News.
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