If Abortion Become Illegal, What Will be the Future for Sex?

[supercutebutt]

VOTE BELOW!

In Texas it seems abortion is being made illegal. This could spread to other states and maybe make abortions illegal all across the USA. I suppose women can go to Canada to terminate pregnancies if the US government tells us they are now in control of our bodies and not us. But for many, that is a LONG trip. So what is the future for sex?

[Miristheiss]

It will never become illegal.
I don't think most understand what Roe vs Wade is and what it did.

It took the power for each of the 50 states to decide what regulations and laws would apply to that and it mandated federally that abortion was legal.

If Roe vs. Wade ever was overturned... it just goes back to each state to make its own laws. Even this Texas law which as been in the news a lot doesn't outlaw abortion it puts stricter guidelines on how early or late you can get an abortion.

Abortion is very complicated. There aren't 2 positions... there are many, many degrees of position.

You do have the 2 most extreme views...100% ban and 100% no restrictions of any kind... kill the baby as it is being delivered in the 9th month.
But there are tons of variants in between. Up to 3 months then stop. Up to 4 months then stop and all other time frames that you can't go past because people differ on when it becomes a full, living baby who has its OWN rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

It would go back to the states. I'm sure each state would have a different version of regulations.

[Inexpensivefurniture]

Abortions becoming illegal means that people will be forced into illegal, unsafe abortions. It will also increase the maternal fatality rate as, surprise surprise, abortion is often needed to save the life of the mother.

Abortion is healthcare and need to remain legal, and easily accessible. If you want to decrease the rates of abortion, how about targeting the things that make abortion necessary? Like poor sex education, lack of easy access to birth control other than condoms, unaffordable healthcare, unaffordable day care, the lack of financial aid for struggling parents, the lack of paid maternity leave, better adoption/foster systems, etc etc

And guess what? Even if every single person who became pregnant was in the perfect financial place to have a baby and wanted that baby, abortion would still need to be an accessible option because sometimes things go wrong. Ectopic pregnancy happens, fetal death happens, deformities that would kill a fetus outside the womb happen, illness happens, complications that threaten the life of the mother happen. There will ALWAY be a need for access to abortion

[Smashingdoozy]

We're just going to see teen pregnancies go back up. Maternal deaths go up. Suicide. Neglect. Child endangerment. Homicide.

These people aren't pro life.

[EyeAmNiceGirl]

Why would it increase teenage pregnancies? If anything, it would make girls more cautious/picky if they knew that abortion wasn't a possibility.

[Smashingdoozy]

Mm no... Banning abortion doesn't stop abortions it just stops *safe* ones.

[Smashingdoozy]

It's a known fact that abortion rates actually go down when abortion is legal.

[EyeAmNiceGirl]

Actually, it is NOT a "known fact." Abortions skyrocketed in the US after the Roe v Wade decision. The rate was 13.5 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44 in 1973 (the year of the Roe v Wade decision). It quickly increased, and by 1980, it was up to 25 per 1,000 women in the appropriate age group. The rate has since come back down, mainly because of greater use of birth control drugs and a significant increase in condom use brought on by the herpes and AIDS epidemic showed up in the 1980's. If you talk to a woman who is now 60 about what having teenage/college sex was like back in her day, she will tell you (if she's willing to talk about such private things) that bareback sex was the normal way things went down; condoms did exist, but were typically only used for prostitutes or maybe a one-night stand.

[Smashingdoozy]

"Unintended pregnancy rates are highest in countries that restrict abortion access and lowest in countries where abortion is broadly legal.'

www.guttmacher.org/.../induced-abortion-worldwide#

[Jennifertoubl]

Just take a pill 💊

Works for us educated people

I never got pregnant...

[supercutebutt]

Butt sex is more fun though. :)

[Jennifertoubl]

Lol yeah and it's more fun without plastic between you and your partner if it's a steady partner so a little pill 💊at breakfast is the best solution

[Inexpensivefurniture]

The pill can fail, even with perfect use it isn't 100% effective

[wise5]

What the actual heck is wrong with people. Make abortions illegal and cases of "self-abortions" with coat hangers and what have you will go through the room.

However there is no black and white stand on this there are all the shades in between.

For example i believe that until the fetuses first heart beat the woman has every right to do what she wants with her body.

Beyond that if she was forcibly impregnated, and it can be proven then up to the second trimester. If its a third trimester then the woman has a few options except abortion. Government covered delivery and child support from the father, or give the child up to the foster system.

However ultimately abortions can't become illegal because it's removing a woman's right to choose what she wants to do, and i highly doubt the feminist community will take that laying down.

[EyeAmNiceGirl]

Sex will still happen. Perhaps the females will be a little more picky about who gets to insert his penis (which would probably be a good thing), but the absence of the availability of abortion will not stop sex from happening.

[MzAsh]

Women will resort to having self induced abortions. I don’t think it will change sexual encounters.
Now, take away birth control …that would make an impact.

[Twalli]

Yeah, more deaths

[purplepoppy]

There's always infanticide or abandonment. Not a nice thought but I suspect infant mortality rates would increase.

[KrisPW]

This is silly. Sex will still happen. There are plenty of other ways to prevent making a baby that don't involve killing them.

[Oigit]

Even if it became illegal, it wouldn't stop it. Many things are illegal yet people do them every day. It seems like once something becomes a political issue some people act as if making it illegal or any change to current laws is going to fix the issue. Despite history showing this to be untrue time and time again. Must be that groupthink that politics inspires kicking in.

[ChrisMaster69]

Increase in back street abortions,
increase in abuse,
increase in number of kids in the care system,
increase in poverty,
increase in mental health support requirements,
increase in adults with mental health issues from all that previous stuff etc.

Whatever state keeps it legal better have good roads, as. It will likely have a fair few new visitors.

[rachel776]

it's never going to be made illegal, they're just trying to make a point

[summiter]

Texas is filled with too many conservative idiots.

[dustybiker]

Men will be forced to get the snip before this ever became a reality. Neither is gonna happen.

[TommyMountainFigure]

If abortions become illegal, people will break the law. Simple!

[Astarlessnightsky]

Nothing will change in regards to sex.

Probably more babies found dead in dumpsters, put up for adoption, abondoned in foster homes, more illegal and risky abortions leading to more death and serious deseases among mothers...

[Dargil]

Anal intercourse will ramp up. So will mutual oral sex.

[supercutebutt]

Yup.

[MikeTheBartender]

More guys will join my club. Vasectomies for all!

[Twinrova]

The future for sex would be that less innocent babies will be killed as a result of it. It would also anger people like you who have never thought about why they think the life of the fetus is not worth preserving.

[Twalli]

Well one unsafe abortion generally makes the woman infertile, so I guess it will in that way.

[MrMilti]

Its illegal after 6 weeks pregnant and when there is no medical reason to abort the pregnancy. I would have added rape and incest to the exceptions as well, but that's just how it is.

First of all, when a woman does not realize, she is 2-3 weeks over her period, that does not really speak for her.
Secondly, in the end it boils down to the question, under what condition it is okay to kill an unborn fetus/baby. Texas decided to side with the unborn one, who have no voice in this discussion at all.

[OrallyFixated]

“First of all, when a woman does not realize, she is 2-3 weeks over her period, that does not really speak for her.“ What do you mean by this? Do you assume every woman has a perfect 28 day cycle? Because many don’t.

[MrMilti]

First of all, your egg does not pop right on the day of the period, but usually around 5-7 days later. So from the moment, a woman even can get pregant, its less than 4 weeks til the next period, likely around 22 days. And yes, I am very very sure, no normal woman has a cycle of 6 to 7 weeks, thats nonsense. A woman might forget, that her period is already late, but still the argument stays: Should you be allowed to kill a fetus, because you are lazy? And lastly: Contraceptives are ridicularilly effective when done right. You are old enough to have sex? Fine, then you are old enough to act responsibly.

[supercutebutt]

@mrmilti Dude, you really should have no say in this. You aren't a female. It's not your business what a woman does with a fetus that is inside her womb. If you had a fetus living inside your asshole, I wouldn't interfere with your decision.

[OrallyFixated]

I was 12 when I got my first period. How old were you? Or are you just mansplaining periods to me? Since you know so much about what a woman goes through every month, why don’t you know that not all women have a regularly set cycle? Some can go weeks and weeks without a period, only to get two within a month. It’s not always as simple as counting to 28 days like you want to make it seem. But you knew that already, seeing as you know so much about how the female body works.

[MrMilti]

Once you are out of arguments, you fall back to "you are a man, you have no right to talk about this"? Okay Karen, then dont ask. For your intetest: My wife and I are trying to get a baby for over a year. We are both older, I am 40, she is 39, so it is really difficult to get pregnant and we also already had a miscarriage. So I know damn well about all factors to get pregnant, because it is basically our life gor the last 6 months, to know about everything that raises our chances. Thanks for listening.

[supercutebutt]

I see. So you want the GOVERNMENT to determine what women can and can't do with reproduction. Got it. You are a communist? Kinda like in China where the government tells women how many kids they can have? You don't trust your lovely wife to make her own decisions on her reproductive future? OK, dude. Must suck to be her to be married to you. :(

[OrallyFixated]

It’s not a matter of you being a man so you can’t talk about it. But I know as a woman, I have had multiple conversations with other women about their periods and their experiences to add to my own. Can you say the same? I’m explaining to you that not all women can use their periods and their frequency as a sign they are pregnant when their cycles are not regular. Your experience with your wife’s cycle makes you an expert in HER cycle, not every woman’s cycle. I’m just hoping you understand that it’s not so black and white for some women. So to say it “doesn’t speak for her” when you have no idea about her and her situation, is unfair. Good luck making babies

[BlacklightShade]

@mrmilti I love it when men chime in on this issue. Let's enact a law that men get castrated when they commit unwanted pregnancy. Would you have an issue with that?

[MrMilti]

@BlacklightShade: As far as I understand, no one asked for women to be sterilized. And the Asker asked both men and women for their opinions. When you don't want mens opinions, dont ask for them.

[supercutebutt]

I want to read all opinions and then I want to respond to them. Yours was especially stupid so I took the time to engage you in a dialog. You aren't a bright person and my hope is you will either wise up and share more thoughtful opinions or realize you have nothing of value to contribute and keep your observations and feelings silent. It would be best for humanity if you did.

[BlacklightShade]

@MrMilti Oh, did I touch on something that violates your body? Don't I have some right, as an American citizen to say what happens to you?

[exitseven]

Sex will find a way. It always does.

[FakeName123]

The future is for people to stop being so fucking reckless.

[tartaarsaus]

Basically be the same but with much more unsafe abortions. The whole rationale of making abortion illegal to decrease abortions is stupid anyway. Here in the Netherlands, even the very Christian parties support abortion being legal because it is verifiably proven to decrease abortions.

[tartaarsaus]

There are lots of ways to effectively decrease abortion rate than this shit

[genericname85]

guess people would have to turn back to being more responsible... you know like in times before birth control was a thing.

[supercutebutt]

So butt sex then.

[genericname85]

was that common before birth control?

[supercutebutt]

Probably.

[Lost_in_the_Woods]

It was actually illegal. Still is in VA, but nobody enforces it. People wouldn't risk cheating as much because they were more likely to get caught, but women would wait till they were already pregnant and then go to town. The actual result in 2021, unfortunately, would just be more stupid children with shitty parents. Nobody gets pregnant on purpose then has an abortion unless it's for medical reasons. People make bad choices, regret the results, then avoi them with abortions. But that shit is expensive. I don't think anyone chooses to have an abortion Instead of taking birth control. People won't have less sex. We will just have more stupid irresponsible people becoming parents. I'm all for abortion being legal. I don't want those people to breed, and I don't think it's humane to make them have kids they don't want. Those kids are better off not being born. Ask me how I know...

[genericname85]

@Lost_in_the_Woods well a thing being illegal doesn't mean it wasn't common for people to do it xD but i think since christianity was still way more prevalent and strict, people didn't have much sex without the intend to have a baby. cause otherwise people would have gotten way more children or died off infected hemorrhoids xD

[genericname85]

but since there's birth control anyway, i don't think shit will change.