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Margaret Atwood says it’s “a form of slavery to force women to have children they can’t afford”

• Margaret Atwood has an eerie prediction about the outcome of abortionrestrictions, one that bears an uncanny resemblance to the dystopian future depicted in her hyper-relevant novel, The Handmaid’s Tale.Speaking at New York City’s Book Con on Saturday, Atwood argued that when states obligate women into childbearing, they institute “a form of slavery,” Insider reported. 
• State-mandated reproduction has two outcomes, she said: That women die, and that orphanages fill up.Atwood referred specifically to Texas, where Gov. Greg Abbott is poised to sign Senate Bill 8. 
• The legislation not only requires abortion providers to bury or cremate fetal remains, but also bans the most common second trimester abortion procedure — dilation and evacuation — as well as dilation and extraction, the typical procedure for late-term abortions. 
• Dilation and extraction abortions are, generally speaking, only performed when the mother’s life or health is in danger. Read more. (6/4/2017 5:30 PM)