Anti-abortion Activists Push for Further Restrictions

SOURCE www.npr.org
Anti-abortion activists, known as 'abolitionists', protest outside a fertility clinic in North Carolina and push for further restrictions on abortion rights, including banning mifepristone and criminalizing patients who seek abortions. The movement also targets IVF and advocates for treating abortion as homicide.

Key Points

  • Abortion opponents target banning mifepristone and IVF
  • Rise in telehealth abortions contributing to increased abortion rates
  • Activists advocating for criminalization of patients seeking abortions

Pros

  • Increased accessibility to abortion medication
  • Telehealth abortions provide more privacy and convenience

Cons

  • Push for criminalization of patients seeking abortions
  • Efforts to ban mifepristone and IVF
  • Advocacy for treating abortion as homicide