Thoughts After Dobbs #2

My second thought post-Dobbs . . .

While this ruling will certainly effect the number of surgical abortions performed in many states, and the grizzly dismemberment and painful killing will decrease, the number of abortions done by pill is on the increase. Some estimates I've seen claim that as many as 60% of all abortions are now done by pill. Perhaps some states will pass laws restricting the availability and distribution of these pills, though I'm sure there will be a whole raft of legal challenges to that, too. 

The problem with these pills are that the evidence shows they are not as safe as is often claimed, and that they are marketed as "preventing pregnancy," or an "emergency contraceptive" - so that many who take them probably do not even know they are killing their baby. The claim that they "prevent ovulation" may be accurate in some cases, but if taken after ovulation, (or perhaps too close to ovulation,) they prevent a fertilized egg from implanting, thus causing an abortion.

That's why my previous post said that Dobbs is a step in the right direction. Minds and hearts still need to be changed, to know that the life inside a woman is a little boy or little girl, in need of our love, care, and protection. Until we acknowledge that, the problem will go on. 

Tomorrow: More on the language we use . . .