The Way We Live Now

A 10-year-old rape victim in Ohio crossed state lines for an abortion. Her case is not unique. Some of the toughest abortion cases involve young girls. https://t.co/M13kIwNzvM

— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 17, 2022

Didn’t know that, did ya? And yet those cases don’t shine a light on anything. They’re about statutory rape and families and children. And they still seem too rare and remote to build policy on.

This is where policy is gonna happen.

Surgical procedures and medication for miscarriages are identical to those for abortion. Since the end of Roe v. Wade, some patients have reported delayed or denied miscarriage care because doctors and pharmacists fear running afoul of abortion bans. https://t.co/nnpbg666HY

— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 17, 2022

If the maternal mortality rate starts climbing among people we care about (you know what I mean), look for changes in abortion law to rapidly follow. The worst part is how unnecessary those deaths are/will be (thanks, Alito!). Second worst; the worst is how high maternal mortality rates already are, and no one notices because the “wrong” people are affected.