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generations to come: unscrupulous politicians in many parts of the world have exploited the fear and confusion created by the pandemic to introduce sweeping changesandfacilitateanincreaseinhomeabortions. IntheUSA,forexample,inDecemberthe 201, federal government approved access to abortion pills bymail,onapermanentbasis,followingtemporary approvalinApril201. TheNewYorkTimesreports:
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“The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) actionmeansthatmedicalabortion,anincreas inglycommonmethodauthorisedintheUnited Statesforpregnanciesuptoweeks’ 01 gestation, willbecomemoreavailabletowomenwhofind it di{cult to travel to an abortion provider or prefertoterminateapregnancyintheirhomes.”
he political and health establishment is beginning toheraldtheendof theworstof theCoronavi IntheUK,thegovernmentstatesthat,fromApril rus:theworst,thatis,if youhappentohavehadthe 20,itintroduced“atemporaryapproval…en privilegeof beingbornalready. ablingwomenandgirlstotakebothpillsforearly AnarticleinamajorUKnationalnewspaper The medical abortion (EMA) up to 10 weeks (9 weeks Daily TelegraphFebruary 2( concluded )2 0 that“Brit and 6 days) gestation in their own homes, follow ain is largely out of the coronavirus woods”, whilst ingatelephoneore-consultationwithaclinician theWorldHealthOrganizationwasurgingcountries 1 withouttheneedtofirstattendahospitalorclinic”. to“liftoreaseinternationaltra{cbans”. They did this, the Government says, “in order to The suzering caused by Covid-19 will never be reduce the transmission of Covid-19” for - the du fullyquantifiedandcannotbemeasuredonlybythe rationof thepandemic. numberof Covidcasesanddeaths;forexample,the TheUK’sgovernmentpolicyhasresultedina pressure which has been brought to bear on the health major increase in the killing of unborn childr services,combinedwiththepublic’shesitation inseek AccordingtotheDepartmentof HealthandSocial inghealthcarewhich,initsturn,hasledtoanincrease Care: inseriousphysicalandpsychologicalillness,aswellas deaths, including suicides. The economic impact of “Between January and June 20, there were Covidonindividualsandbusinesseshashadasimilar 109,836 abortions performed on residents of impact on the health and welfare of countless people EnglandandWales.Thiscompareswith045,1 worldwide. overthesameperiodin2 2019.” However, there is another evil of the pandemic whichthreatenstoprolongthedeathandsuzeringfor S PR I NG 2 0 22
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