"Despite the fact that abortion was legal in some other countries and in a few states, there were no reliable peer-reviewed medical data, and certainly no long-term studies, about it. Nevertheless, Weddington and Hames argued for the elimination of all state abortion laws, relying on unsubstantiated statistics. For example in the second argument in Doe, Hames admitted that âthere arenât any statistics that are very reliable on this,â but then went on to say that âwriters in the area estimate several thousand per year in the United States and several thousand deaths have occurred from illegal abortions.â Likewise, Hames claimed in the first Doe argument that âillegal abortion and the complications therefrom is the largest single cause of maternal mortality in the United States. Therefore, abortion statutes have resulted in one of our nationâs largest health problems.â This was a large claim for which there was no basis in the record, though this claim was made in several amicus curiae (âfriend of the courtâ) briefs. No Justice questioned Hames on this or any of her other undocumented sociological claims."
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