How misinformation has fuelled the US abortion debate
The debate over abortion rights in the United States has been accompanied by widespread misinformation about health concerns and legal rights.Top US court ends constitutional right to abortionThe American Center for Law and Justice, a Christian legal advice centre with 3.7 million Facebook followers, has written a widely-shared post claiming that "abortion is not safe" and calling on the US Supreme Court to reject arguments that it is.
However, anti-abortion campaign group Students for Life of America, is one of several that claims the procedure is dangerous. And a trial of this method had to be halted before the results could be gathered, after three out of the 12 participants experienced dangerous levels of bleeding. All US states that have or are preparing to introduce bans on abortion have exceptions in their proposed legislation to save the life of the woman.
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