Almost all abortions are performed on women who are already raising a child. These are women who have already gone through the sequence of pregnancy, nursing, the whole thing, and accepted it the first or second time but don't want to do it again.
We could knock out 70-80% of abortions if we just got the academies of obstetrics more on board with long term birth control as part of the standard of post natal care. The doctor should always ask, "do you want another kid?" *before* the kid is born, and *insist* that they plan and make appointments for an intervention that will prevent pregnancy after the kid is born. A vasectomy for the partner could be that intervention. A C-section can be the perfect time to perform a tubal ligation. Forms should be required going from one doctor's office to another so everyone is held accountable and liability is minimized. "I understand that by declining this procedure I am likely to become pregnant again while abortion is no longer a legal option in most cases in this state." It should be viewed as a necessity that prevents harm and death, because it is. It baffles me that so many states have passed laws about waiting periods, and forcing women to look at the ultrasound, and forcing doctors to say certain things before they perform the abortion, but none have passed a single thing with regard to actually preventing unwanted pregnancy.

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