Overturning Roe isn't the answer

Madison Chastain comes from a place of intense nuance that she believes undergirds a truly consistent life ethic.

Agenda for Change

 

She does not think criminalizing abortions will stop them, because having access to abortions isn't what causes them.

Things that cause abortions: lack of comprehensive sex education, inaccessible health care, violence against women, religious shame and exclusion, familial rejection or coercion, and workplace inequalities including but not limited to barriers for advancement, disparities in pay and lack of paid parental leave or child care. (Chastain, 2022)

She comments that making abortion illegal before addressing these injustices is going to kill women, because women will continue to have abortions, secretively and unsafely.

References

Chastain, M. (2022, May 6). I'm an anti-abortion disability advocate. Overturning Roe isn't the answer. National Catholic Reporter. Retrieved May 6, 2022, from https://www.ncronline.org/news/opinion/im-anti-abortion-disability-advocate-overturning-roe-isnt-answer