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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Easily.

First, banning assault-style rifles wouldn't be 'disarming', unless you're going to argue that any regulation of firearms is disarming. Is it dumb? Sure. Would it have any significant effect on firearm homicides? No; even most mass shootings are committed with handguns. (For the record, I own multiple assault-style rifles, and I compete in action pistol (USPSA, IDPA, etc.) and two gun matches regularly, in a non-ban state. I do oppose rifle and feature bans, because I oppose regulating tools rather than changing material conditions.)

Secondly, Roe v. Wade never allowed all abortions up to the point of birth. Roe v. Wade specifically balanced the rights of a person-to-be against the person that had to run the risk of pregnancy and birth, and said that prior to viability--broadly speaking, the end of the first trimester, but realistically more like 27 weeks--the rights of the women overrode the state interest in protecting the not-yet-life of a potential person. Beyond that, the overwhelming majority of all abortions that happen after the first trimester happen because there are defects incompatible with life, or because there's a complication that will kill the woman if she does not terminate the pregnancy.

I'll also note that if you really wanted to reduce rates of abortion, you would ensure that schools taught comprehensive sex education--including accurate, factual information about birth control and how to use it (e.g., none of this 'abstinence only' bullshit)--as well as making birth control widely, easily, and affordably available to all people.