abortion should be legal in the whole world

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Women are dying from preventable causes because politicians think they know medicine better than doctors. When abortion is illegal, women don't stop having abortions - they just have dangerous ones. Right now, mothers living in states that banned abortion are nearly twice as likely to die during pregnancy, childbirth, or soon after giving birth compared to mothers living in supportive states where abortion was legal and accessible [1]. This isn't theory - it's measurable death. The evidence is overwhelming: maternal death rates in abortion-restriction states were 62% higher than in states with greater abortion access [2]. When you force women to carry unwanted pregnancies, you're sentencing some of them to death. One study estimates a total abortion ban in the United States would result in an additional 140 maternal deaths annually - a 21% increase in maternal death and a 33% increase for non-Hispanic Black individuals [3]. This is about basic human dignity. No government should have the power to force someone to risk their life against their will. Making abortion illegal doesn't stop abortions - it just makes them deadly.

You're cherry-picking data to paint a catastrophic picture, but the global evidence tells a completely different story. Look at the actual numbers: countries with the world's lowest abortion rates are in Europe where abortion is legal and widely available - Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands have rates below 10 per 1000 women. Meanwhile, the abortion rate is actually higher in countries where abortion is illegal (30-60/1000 women in Latin America) than areas where it's available (14/1000 in Western Europe) [1]. Your argument defeats itself - if legal abortion truly saved lives, why do women have about the same likelihood of having an abortion whether they live in regions where it's available on request or highly restricted [1]? The data shows legal restrictions on safe abortion do not reduce the incidence of abortion [1] - they just change where and how it happens. But here's what you're missing: between 1990-2019, countries with generally legal abortion saw rates decline by 43%, while countries with severe restrictions saw rates increase by 12% [1]. Legal abortion doesn't prevent deaths - comprehensive healthcare systems, economic development, and contraceptive access do. The rate of abortion is primarily a reflection of the availability and quality of family planning services and sex education in a country [1]. You want to save women's lives? Fix poverty, improve healthcare infrastructure, and expand contraceptive access. Making abortion universally legal is just treating symptoms while ignoring the disease.

how does that have any revelence

You're completely missing the point - your own evidence proves my case better than yours. Look at the global data: 68,000 women die of unsafe abortion annually, making it one of the leading causes of maternal mortality (13%) [1]. But here's what destroys your argument - in Western nations, only 3% of abortions are unsafe, whereas in developing nations 55% are unsafe [1]. The difference isn't legal status - it's healthcare infrastructure. Countries with legal abortion but poor healthcare systems still have massive unsafe abortion rates, while countries with good medical systems have safe procedures regardless of legal framework. Approximately 5–13 percent of maternal deaths worldwide are due to complications from unsafe abortions, the vast majority of which occur in developing countries [1]. Your US state-by-state comparisons are cherry-picking correlation without proving causation. States with abortion restrictions also have worse healthcare systems, higher poverty rates, and less access to contraception - factors that independently drive maternal mortality. The real killer isn't abortion laws, it's systemic healthcare failures that abortion access can't fix. Making abortion universally legal won't save those 68,000 women - fixing broken healthcare systems will.