U.S. abortion bans to result in more women dying: article


By Xia Lin

NEW YORK, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Four months after Roe v. Wade was overturned in June, the dire health consequences of banning abortion care have become even more apparent in the United States, reported the Center for American Progress last week.

Eighteen U.S. states, home to more than 25 million women of reproductive age, have banned some or all access to abortion care, with only spare exceptions that are nearly impossible to implement, said the report.

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