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Re:Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared by joshuamorton on Thursday February 20, 2025 @05:23PM (#43121103)
> That is, if one thinks of abortion as an avoidable disease it's one hell of a disease. And the rates suggest the Health community hasn't solved the root causes by a long shot.

It basically halved from 1990 to 2015, and has increased in correlation with prof-life policies like reduced access to education and contraception.

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Re:Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared by RhysU on Friday February 21, 2025 @07:20AM (#43126670)
New York has a higher abortion rate than North Carolina [1]. To be consistent with that correlation you raised, New York must be especially poorly educated and condom-starved because New York is certainly not enacting pro-life policies.

The general correlation point I do not doubt. However, the 2015 abortion rates would still make abortion a disease on par with cancer deaths. No health professional would say cancer was solved in 2015.

[1] https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/abortion-ra...

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