Originally Posted by Viewfinder

Most conservative states will ban elective abortion, while most liberal states will pass state versions of the Freedom of Choice Act which would virtually allow abortion for any reason. Middle class and wealthy women in conservative states will travel to liberal states when they desire abortions, or get them performed at a gynecologist who opens up an under-the-table abortion practice, which was common before Roe V. Wade. Poor women in conservative states will either visit a cheap "back alley" provider where they may die or be maimed, or they will give birth and likely raise their children in somewhat less than ideal conditions, creating additional burdens on the welfare and criminal justice system.