Originally Posted by
David.Lewis
How often would a conversation like this realistically happen? Maybe I'm way off base here, but don't most women who don't want kids use some sort of birth control? And, the abortion is for unintentional pregnancy after the first line or 2 of defenses fails? I saw some statistic recently that 90%+ of abortions are done due to social or economic reasons (i.e. the woman doesn't want and/or cannot afford to raise a child). The remaining percentage if for health reasons of one kind or another, including the health and welfare of the woman. I don't know if that's true or not, but imagine the consequences of having a child you don't want and cannot afford: 1) Automatic increases in welfare spending to take care of said child and the expansion of the (literal) nanny state (since when did conservatives become socialists?), 2) Permanent psychological damage and resentment of having a child you don't want and can't afford to raise and; 3) the severe psychological (and possibly physical) damage to the unwanted child.
Somehow, this results in some sort of social good?