Word: rusts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Second, abortion opponents argue that repeated abortions late in pregnancy can harm women's reproductive organs. Medical groups have concluded this effect is outweighed by the risks of childbirth. But even if the risk were great, it would actually argue against the Rust decision: Denying access to an abortion at a public clinic will force some women to wait even later into pregnancy before they can afford one, thus increasing their health risks...
Unfortunately, the evident health dangers to women from Rust do not have equally evident political benefits. When matched against a picture of innocent babies being sent to slaughter, images of ill mothers--often minority, unwed and young--elicit little sympathy from moderates and conservatives in Congress...
Fortunately, liberals have another political weapon at their disposal--infants. The Rust decision will likely raise infant mortality rates among low-income populations. And these "babies" are actual infants under anyone's definition, not the potential lives that fall under the right-to-lifers' semantic extension of the word...
PRESS REPORTS have already flooded the airwaves about dozens of health clinics that are sure to close as a result of the Rust decision. Such clinics frequently provide comprehensive prenatal care services to their clients in addition to abortion counseling. By depriving poor women of such services, Rust will increase the shamefully high infant mortality rates in urban and rural areas. Even if displaced women are able to obtain prenatal care under Medicaid from a private physician, the care they would receive would be less comprehensive and effective, according to a study by the Office of Technology Assessment...
...Rust will also contribute to infant mortality by obstructing women's access to abortion services. The predominantly poor women served by clinics are also disproportionately unmarried and young--demographic groups at extremely high risk for having their infants...