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Simply an observation:

The estimate of less abortions evidently is not viewed as a positive. It's not highlighted in the conclusion. It's not mentioned against estimated deaths.

The article and the studies are as partisan as the title suggests. For example, someone who is pro-life and supports the Dobbs decision would point out the number of lives of unborn children saved due to abortion bans. The article and underlying studies ignore that.

Even if you consider fetuses to be people, which I don't, it doesn't take away from the number of people killed by abortion bans. If you save two people by killing one, you have still killed one person.

then why isn't Ars flipping out over Obama's declaration that codifying Roe "was not a priority" even when he wielded a Democrat supermajority?

I mean, if you can live in the past and blame Trump, why not live in the past and blame Obama?

It is easy to codify Roe v Wade and get it past SCOTUS...start asking your elected Democrats why they won't do it

I think most Democrats today recognize that was a mistake. The passage of the Respect for Marriage Act last year indicates that they have probably learned from that mistake.

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