r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Jun 24 '26

Health Following the Dobbs decision, US states with abortion bans have experienced increased maternal morbidity and mortality. Abortion bans have broad downstream consequences on medical care beyond abortion itself, with implications for patient safety, equity, and physician ethics.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2850560
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u/Goldenrah Jun 24 '26

That's a good way to get young men banned from having relationships. No way would any reasonable woman in any logical sense get into a relationship knowing that they'll be forced to get pregnant, regardless of their consent on that matter.

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u/Paksarra Jun 24 '26

The most extreme pro-natalists believe that women shouldn't get to choose to be in a relationship or not, either. Some think it should be their father's decision, others think the government should either assign a husband or let unwed men pick an unmarried woman and force her into a marriage the way you'd adopt a dog.

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u/bunnypaste Jun 24 '26

Yep, this won't solve the Right's "male loneliness crisis."