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What does it mean?
Many women oppose abortion as a practice but support repealing the law, believing abolition will reduce abortions more than anything else.
In plain terms
Women do not want abortion but think stopping laws will stop abortions.
What can you take from it?
Legal access to abortion is seen as a way to reduce the procedure itself.

Where it applies

  • abortion law debates
  • policy reform
  • women's health

Putting it to work

  • support reproductive rights legislation
  • advocate for safe access
  • analyze policy impacts

Questions to consider

  • Does legal access reduce procedures?
  • What drives women to seek abortion?

Another view

It assumes legal change alone will resolve the issue without considering other factors.

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