This is some of what happens when birth control and abortion are outlawed:
Romania's unusual tradition of child abandonment began with a ban on birth control imposed in 1966 by Nicolae Ceausescu, the former dictator, to increase the population. Within a year, women began dropping off unwanted children at state orphanages or hospitals. Their logic was that "the government wanted them, so the government should raise them," according to the Unicef report.
Add to that the pressure of not being able to afford to raise the baby:
Child abandonment has continued at the same level for 40 years, said Pierre Poupard, head of the Unicef office in Bucharest, even though birth control is widely available in post-Communist Romania. Now, mothers desert babies because they feel they cannot afford to raise them.
Obviously we aren't to the point of Romania yet, but we aren't really too far away either. Abortions are up under BushCo. Even with access to birth control and abortion, child abandonment is enough of a problem in the US that 45 states have adopted Safe Haven laws. It doesn't take a brain trust to see that comprehensive sex ed, access to birth control and economic policies that show regard for the 99% of the popluation who aren't among the super-rich, is the best way to prevent abortion.
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