The antis have worked hard to restrict abortion--to make it hard to get, even if they can't make it illegal. Which means women who can't get safe legal abortions are now going to places like this, where they can't get a safe, legal abortion but at least they can get *an* abortion.
And one of the side effects of making abortions hard to get is that getting one takes longer--which is going to push some women into later stages of pregnancy. Somehow I doubt any of the women deliberately put things off so they could have more expensive, more difficult, more dangerous abortions.
But yes, of course many of the patients were well aware their abortion was illegal. Dr Gossner was probably counting on them being afraid to go to the law if they were mistreated.
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Date: 2011-01-20 11:20 pm (UTC)And one of the side effects of making abortions hard to get is that getting one takes longer--which is going to push some women into later stages of pregnancy. Somehow I doubt any of the women deliberately put things off so they could have more expensive, more difficult, more dangerous abortions.
But yes, of course many of the patients were well aware their abortion was illegal. Dr Gossner was probably counting on them being afraid to go to the law if they were mistreated.