Far-right conservatives are sowing misinformation that inaccurately characterizes IUDs, emergency contraception, even birth-control pills as causing abortions

  • BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world
    12·
    6 months ago

    Republican lawmakers in Missouri blocked a bill to widen access to birth-control pills by falsely claiming they induce abortions. An antiabortion group in Louisiana killed legislation to enshrine a right to birth control by inaccurately equating emergency contraception with abortion drugs. An Idaho think tank focused on “biblical activism” is pushing state legislators to ban access to emergency contraception and intrauterine devices (IUDs) by mislabeling them as “abortifacients.”

    • Suzune
      5·
      6 months ago

      Why isn’t the abortion ban restricted to Christians only?

      • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        6 months ago

        Indeed. The idea that a group doing “biblical activism” has any impact on others in a secular nation is horrifying. Not everyone is in their little book club, and not even all the people in their book club interpret it the same way.

        If you are someone in their little group, don’t get an abortion. Or contraception. And leave everyone else alone.