Ardiveds wrote:Picairn wrote:Define "readily available". In Europe most nations provide abortions upon request, but with additional restrictions like time limits, waiting periods with counselling, and so on. A woman who doesn't like being hassled by these delays can travel abroad to seek abortions, and none of these European countries cover those travel costs. Not to mention IA's resolution is worded like the states will also have to cover transportation costs to clinics within their countries, like cars or trains to the abortion clinics. That's insane.
And we're not even touching the topic of building new clinics and maintaining them to provide speedy services, available upon request at any time.
OOC: Wait a minute, what the actual fuck? Is this really the case? Can anyone clarify this? Does the government has to pay for a woman's uber ride if she's going to get an abortion?
(OOC: If you saw what I posted pre-edit, ignore it. On further analysis, clause 2 requires governmental funding of transport only if there isn’t a reasonably swift way of getting to an abortion clinic. In most places, walking, cycling and driving are all perfectly fine ways of getting there.)