Siding with [[abortion]] are the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (“ACOG”), the American Medical Association (“AMA”), the American Academy of Family Physicians (“AAFP”), and the American Osteopathic Association (“AOA”), which filed an [[amicus brief]] on the petition for certiorari.<ref>http://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Medical-Associations-Amicus-Brief.pdf</ref> They asserted that:
{{cquote|Reproductive healthcare is essential to a woman’s overall health, and access to abortion is an important component of reproductive healthcare. When state legislatures enact laws that restrict access to abortion without any valid medical justification, they jeopardize women’s health.}}
Follow that? Limiting access to abortion somehow jeopardizes women's health, as though abortion is somehow healthy in itself. If that were true, then the life expectancy of women would correlate around the world with access to abortion. It does not.
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