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Originally Posted by NuclearFart
Why public funding? Because the health of the mother is at stake. If you don't provide access to medical abortions, many women will resort to back alley coat hanger abortions / ingestion of motor oil / boyfriend's fist to uterus....etc. which leads to serious morbidity/mortality.
Not to mention that public funding supporting the basic pillar of democracy - choice - is what makes us a 1st world nation.
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fair enough, it would be interesting to see the cost benefit of publicly funding abortions (i assume this type of study may already exist). as for the health of the mother being at stake, that is debatable. abortions are not a risk free procedure (not arguing that coat hanger abortions are) either. however, i would argue that in the majority of cases, the health of the mother is not the main motivating factor in this "choice". i do not mean to get in a pro life vs choice arguement. i would simply argue that this choice is in essence an elective procedure in the majority of cases. it is my understanding (correct me if i'm wrong), the canada health act covers medically required services and not elective ones, thus, the majority of abortions should not be covered through public funds.
i'm not arguing that choice is a pillar of democracy, but by making abortion a choice, does it not then by definition make abortion an elective procedure