This is not a debate on whether or not abortion should be outlawed, nor is this a debate on the moral implications of it. The genie is out of the bottle, and the medical technology to perform this procedure will continue to exist…forever.
No, this is an essay on what will happen if and when abortion is outlawed, and it looks like 26 states will either outlaw it completely, or ban it after six to 15 weeks of pregnancy, depending on where you live.
Senator Mitch McConnell vowed that if Roe v. Wade is overturned, he will try and have abortion outlawed nationally.
I once asked a young woman, a devout Catholic, how she felt about abortion, to which she was opposed, but then she stated “…but I don’t think it should be outlawed because they (pregnant women seeking abortions) will go to the back alleys.
There’s the rub.
Whether or not you favor abortion, that is exactly what will happen, and there WILL be back alley abortion providers, just like there are drug dealers now.
Texas has passed abortion laws so strict that they will not only punish those who provide them, but will encourage people to inform on anyone seeking an abortion - and as a result, Texas will become a very violent place, equalling the drug cartels in Mexico.
Before going any further on this, I would like to give two examples.
Remember Prohibition back in the 1930s? They outlawed liquor nationwide, even adding an amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
It didn’t work. The Mafia stepped in and smuggled liquor in from Canada. They also sponsored speakeasies, private clubs in cities where one can go, in secret, and drink. There were busts, but the criminal element fought back. Al Capone, Mafia kingpin from Chicago, was one such example, killing any cop and informer that got in his way. (Al Capone was eventually brought down by Eliot Ness on tax evasion charges.)
Eventually, it got to be too much and Prohibition was lifted.
Today’s example is the drug cartel in Mexico. Drug smuggling rings and rival gangs are striking fear not only in Mexican citizens but also officials. If one cartel is struck down, another will take its place; and the drug wars continue.
In Greek mythology, there was a nine headed snake named Hydra, where each head had lethal venom. If one head was cut off, two more would sprout in its place.
This is the way of the drug cartel, and that’s just how it will be with the new abortion cartel, should it be outlawed. This is my prediction, and it will apply to any and every state where it is illegal.
First, abortion will no doubt return to the back allies. This will happen everywhere, no matter how strict or stringent these laws will be.
This will only be the beginning.
Even if there are not enough doctors, there will be plenty of “technicians” professing to use the abortion apparatus to perform the procedure. Some women will die, but to them, it won’t matter.
There will be raids by law enforcement, and people will go to jail, but this will not stop those in the back alleys. Like the snake Hydra, more back alley clinics will replace them, and those running them will become a lot smarter.
There is where the criminal element will come in; a new “Abortion Mafia” or “Abortion Cartel.”
There will be protection rackets. Even in a state as strict as Texas, police officers and government officials will be paid to look the other way. Those who resist will be killed.
As for informers, they will be sought out and executed.
This will instill enough fear for people to keep quiet and mind their own business. People like that will not be harmed.
Does the public want to crack down and “take back their neighborhood?” This will not be as easy as driving out drug dealers. They can call the F.B.I., shut down an illegal abortion clinic, but two more will come and take its place. (This is in comparison to the snake Hydra.)
Would there be big money in abortion if the clients are poor? Aside from being paid for the procedure, the providers could also use the aborted fetuses, or parts such as stem cells, and sell them to hospitals and research laboratories on the black market.
Abortion pills, where a patient can take during the first 10 weeks of pregnancy and have the fetus aborted, already exist, but they will be the next on the list to be outlawed.
There will be smuggling rings formed, possibly from states where they are legal, if not from other countries. Again, it will be like interstate smuggling by criminal gangs, and it will be a lot easier.
You might think that the contents of this essay came from the wild imagination of a child, but this is exactly what will happen should abortion be outlawed. It will not be a case where “A wrong has been righted and society will be blessed by God.” Far from it.
These activities will occur in every state that outlaws abortion, no matter how righteous its citizens claim to be.
There will always be corruption, and it’s happening right now with other outlawed activities. It will not be any different with abortion.
If all this sounds like a horror story you don’t want to see happen, there is one way to prevent it.
Leave Roe v. Wade alone. It was passed by the Supreme Court back in 1973, and it has worked ever since. Leave it be.
I believe it is a woman’s right to choose to have an abortion, and what she does with her body is nobody’s business but her own. To put it bluntly, mind your own business.
If you are against abortion, don’t have one, but don’t prevent other women from getting one if they so choose.
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