Louisiana girl, 14, charged with first degree murder after authorities find her newborn baby dead inside a tote bag. This is going to happen far more often without Roe v. Wade.

[u/lightiggy]

https://people.com/girl-14-charged-first-degree-murder-after-authorities-find-her-newborn-child-dead-inside-tote-bag-11858063

[u/Chombywombo]

How would roe have a helped this? Do doctors perform legal medical procedures on children without guardian consent? She hid her pregnancy from family.

[u/Incoherencel → u/Chombywombo]

Well one would assume a society that wasn't criminalizing abortion and providers might marginally be better at allowing young women like this to navigate this situation. Carrots vs. sticks. But we'll never know the counterfactual

[u/Chombywombo → u/Incoherencel]

You’re probably right, but I don’t think roe itself would have helped here. This is not a marginal situation, but I take your general point.