Number of states with waiting periods before abortion jumps by 225%
On May 21, the Missouri General Assembly passed legislation tripling the length of time an abortion-minded pregnant mother must wait in that state before killing her baby, bumping it up from 24 hours to 72 hours.
Unknown is whether Democrat Gov. Jay Nixon will sign or veto the bill.
Is he does, Missouri will join two other states, Utah and South Dakota, with a three-day waiting period.
Abortion happy Huffington Post lamented such common sense laws. Supposed pro-“choicers” appear to fear mothers might change their minds if given any breathing room whatsoever to ponder the immensely consequential decision they are making. HuffPo added this interesting chart…
I asked pro-life statistician Professor Michael New his thoughts on this chart.
“It provides evidence of the great progress pro-lifers have made in the South and Midwest,” Dr. New responded in an email. “As recently as 2000 only about 12 states had waiting periods. Now the number is up to 27*.”
So now, more than half of all states require waiting periods before abortion. The number has jumped 225% in the past 14 years.
*The HuffPo chart lists 26 states, but it missed North Dakota, which also requires a 24-hour waiting period. I confirmed the inadvertent omission with Elizabeth Nash of Guttmacher.
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
Proaborts get hysterical about waiting periods, saying it is a way to further “oppress” women, when in fact many of their favorite liberal European countries such as the Netherlands (five days) and France (up to a one week “cooling off” period) have them.
“in fact many of their favorite liberal European countries such as the Netherlands (five days) and France (up to a one week “cooling off” period) have them.”
Indeed. Additionally, many of them have mandatory counselling specifically directed towards encouraging the mother to continue the pregnancy.