Abortion Baloney: Pitting the Economy Against the Child

Back in the hippie springtime of abortion advocacy they were filled with predictions about the benefits abortion would bring to society if only the legal limitations were removed. Abortion would be the answer to poverty, to crime, to illegitimacy and single-motherhood. It didn't work out that way. Post Roe v. Wade, crime and poverty rose like Roman candles on the Fourth of July. Illegitimacy more than doubled and single motherhood became mainstream. And all of this happened during the course of nearly four decades and roughly 50 million abortions. So it is not surprising that the abortion-is-good-for-society arguments are not heard much any more. Family Research Council