Abortion vacations?

Don’t panic ladies — abortion is still legal, depending on where you live (and assuming only women can get pregnant).

Despite the U.S. Supreme Court reversing Roe v, Wade, no woman will be more than two states away from a state that permits — some actually encourage — abortion.

Here’s the chart:

I also believe, and will demonstrate, any pregnant woman with half a brain will be able to terminate her pregnancy.

In the interest of honesty, here’s where I stand.

I think abortion is a disgusting procedure, but I would not ban it. Like a majority of Americans, I accept it as a legal procedure within the first two trimesters. 

Pew Research says 61% of Americans approve of abortion in the early stages,  but that number drops sharply after 26 weeks of pregnancy.  

Abortion suppporters like waving wire clothes hangers as if women would resort to that if denied medical abortions. That is a despicable scare tactic. An extremely popular method of contraception is a pill — actually two pills — that induce abortion. The respected Guttmacher Institute reports 54% of abortions are completed using pills rather than surgery. 

Here are more facts about abortion from Guttmacher: There were 930,160 American abortions in 2020. Only 9 nations — mostly poor — had a higher rate of abortion.

The highest percentage was in Washington, D.C. (52%), New York (35%), and New Jersey (34%).

More than 60 million abortions have been performed in the U.S. since Roe became law in 1973. Had they not happened, U.S. population now would exceed 400 million.

Women in their 20s accounted for 56.9% of abortions. Women under 20 were 8.7%. Black women were 3.6 times more likely to have an abortion than white women.

The single greatest reason to have an abortion is “not ready for child” (25%), closely followed by “can’t afford a baby” (23%). “Victim of rape” is less than .5%.

42.9% of abortions occur with the first six weeks, followed by 36.4% in 7-9 weeks. That is the vast majority, 79.3%.

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Now, back to the chart. 

We know that the highest abortion rate, not surprisingly, occurs in entities — D.C., New York, New Jersey — that have the lowest bar to abortion.

The mayor of New York, and the governors of New Jersey and California already have promised their states will be a sort of abortion sanctuary. Other Blue states will follow. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed a $125 million Reproductive Health Package to expand access for women and help prepare for the influx of women from other states seeking reproductive health care.

I believe that no woman with any sense will be denied an abortion, no matter where she lives, no matter what she can pay.

I can’t prove it, but I can demonstrate it.

Almost immediately after Roe was overturned, 18 of America’s largest corporations announced they would pay travel costs for employees seeking an abortion. Without question, others will join them and some employers will pick up other costs, while the procedure will be provided for free for women of minimal means.

The abortion industry — led by Planned Parenthood — has extremely deep pockets.

Why would employers be so nice to their employees?

Many reasons, but let me share the one put forth by Fox News’ Tucker Carlson who sees more plots than a cemetery groundskeeper.

The employers want employees to remain loyal to the company, and place it over their own parental and biological urges to procreate, one of the strongest drives in the animal kingdom. That’s what he says.

To service the needs of most women, because Americans are entrepreneurial, I foresee the rise of Abortion Vacations.

We already have Birth Tourism. 

Thousands of Mainland Chinese pregnant women “vacation” in Saipan, a distant American territory in the Pacific, to give birth — to an American citizen. If their child is born on American soil, they are American citizens under “birthright citizenship,” a policy honored by only 33 nations.

As a parallel to that, I foresee Abortion Vacations.

I imagine a New York City commercial, with a male voice whispering: “Hey, ladies — unwanted pregnancy? Unwanted by some, but not by us. Here’s an idea for a fun weekend in the Big Apple — see a Broadway show, visit the Museum of Modern Art, walk through Central Park and drop your package at one of our fine ‘reproductive rights’ clinics. And you know when we say ‘reproductive,’ we mean ‘nonreproductive,’ right? Special plans available for arrivals by air, train, bus, or car. Low cost, installment payment plans available, and a free Statue of Liberty souvenir. Get it? Liberty!”

Back to reality: I can hear some saying it is not “fair” a pregnant woman should have to travel to terminate a pregnancy.

I could be flip and say, next time, pay more attention to where you make your home. If you don’t like cold, stay out of Montana, and ditto if you want an abortion.

Many people can’t get the surgery they want with the doctor they want at the hospital they want at the time they want. There’s a lot in life that isn’t ”fair.”

I don’t mean to be dismissive, but as bad as you may feel the SCOTUS decision is, chances are it won’t be as bad as you think. It’s actual impact is more inconvenience than anything else.

So, it may be unfair that you — if you are ever in that situation, and I hope that you are not — will have to travel, but the point is that abortion will be available for the foreseeable future.