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Abortion disinformation is growing and dangerously divisive, experts say

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Living up here in Canada, I have to wonder what the big deal is.

We have no abortion law in Canada. The decision is solely between a woman and her doctor.

Abortion rates are lower now than they were when abortion was illegal. Abortion is legal right up until birth, yet the only late-term abortions are those that are medically necessary.

There is no free-for-all: women are not running out willy-nilly getting abortions, nor are psychopathic doctors encouraging women to abort.

I find it insane that this could ever be anything but a medical decision made exclusively between a woman and her doctor.

I don't think its fair to just compare US to Canada, Canada is a much smaller population and manageable situation than US. It's not without its faults, our insane taxation policies are acceptable by society, it would not translate into relection for politicians in the US to push for what we have here.

Having said that I am only okay with abortion when all other options are non-pursuable which covers many cases. What I am not okay is, people waiting until their baby is breathing inside their wombs to abort. This is where I have an issue because it is very much a life after 3 months.

All in all, I think Canada will follow suit as is the typical pattern. English speaking parts of it simply look to the US for guidance as it lacks a culture of its own, compared to French speaking parts.

> I find it insane that this could ever be anything but a medical decision made exclusively between a woman and her doctor.

That's what happens when medical issues become politicized, unfortunately. We can only hope you Canadians can avoid the US's trajectory.

i dont think its helpful to call opposing views/facts as "wrong/conspiracy/disinformation" because all that would do is short circuit the need for dialogue.

for instance, the idea that the soul enters the fetus is not an old one, nor should it be written off. I just find it hypocritical for people who have been virtue signaling about spiritualism/virtue signaling/yoga folks to write this off as voodoo.

multiple cultures have arrived at the same number of time it takes for the soul to enter the womb, however the Christian definition is that life begins only after the first breath of air, which is contradictory to cases where the fetus is actually breathing through the umbilical cords.

there's just no wrong or right answers here, yes women should have agency over their body and mind as all humans should do but at what point does it become apathy vs liberty?

the first two paragraphs are clearly disinformation, if not outright fantasy:

"Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Twitter account struck an urgent tone the Sunday after the Supreme Court’s historic abortion ruling. She implored her 968,000 followers to have the “fortitude to act” against Department of Defense leaders for refusing to recognize the court’s decision, which eliminates the constitutional right to an abortion.

But DOD leaders never stated they would ignore the court’s ruling in the Dobbs v. Jackson case."

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