tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post4864562576494072764..comments2023-10-07T22:37:49.244+13:00Comments on The Hand Mirror: The (non-existent) relationship between abortion law and abortion rateskatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15742280289613450293noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-3162804514990808272010-07-13T19:05:21.764+12:002010-07-13T19:05:21.764+12:00Awesome post, Maia. And I agree with Trouble - it...Awesome post, Maia. And I agree with Trouble - it would be fantastic if there were online sources for the history of reproductive rights in NZ. If only we can have any kind of faith that our "journalists" would use it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-32795995596542057972010-07-13T08:40:29.344+12:002010-07-13T08:40:29.344+12:00Maia, it would be a wonderful public service if yo...Maia, it would be a wonderful public service if you were to scan those debates and put them up online somewhere. Modern Hansard is available online through Knowledge Basket, but I don't think it goes that far back. I think it would be really striking for a modern audience to see what the makers of the current law sounded like.<br /><br />I remember reading something that said in the early 70s something like 8000 women a year had abortions - our population has grown a lot since then (although I'm not sure about women aged 15-44), so the rate wouldn't have changed all that much.Troublenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-4842956424894692472010-07-13T07:10:28.477+12:002010-07-13T07:10:28.477+12:00And I believe in countries where it *is* still ill...And I believe in countries where it *is* still illegal abortion rates are similar to countries where it is legal. Rates of death and injury are just much higher.<br /><br />All of which counters rather neatly the argument that women don't realise what they're doing - they are serious enough about knowing what they're doing and why to go to very considerable expense and sometimes danger in order to do it.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06432218062519321962noreply@blogger.com