I was asleep in the back of the classroom the day they taught math. It wasn't until I took a class in numbers theory in college that math began to click in my brain. I will forever credit that class for enabling me to make through statistics class in grad school. A mathematician I am not and never will be.
Somewhere out there there are skilled mathematicians who can and probably have determined the fairly accurate dollar amount required of federal and state governments to raise all unadopted children from birth to 23 (age of completion of college) who would in essence be wards of the state over a 25 year period from the day all abortions became illegal in the US. There would be many variables involved in determining a reasonable number of unadopted children and children adopted at various ages until legal emancipation.
Depending on the source it appears that raising one children from birth through college costs somewhere in the neighborhood of one million dollars. I cannot fathom the amount of money it would cost to raise all un-adopted or partially (late) adopted children in the US over a 25 year period. Of course if all adoptions became illegal the costs to federal and national governments would be never ending. I picked 25 years arbitrarily, to give some sense of time and commitment.
While some people do step up and adopt or commit to helping support children without parents it is to my knowledge not a common practice. Most Americans do not do it, nor can they afford to. Many more, however, are adamant about the end of abortion for all Americans regardless of the circumstances present and future.
Someone sent me the article linked below.
I will confess to the board and the world that I am now in love with a nun, Sister Joan Chittister. Sister is a bright lady, an author of 46 books, who has a Phd from Penn State.
Here's what she has to say on the subject:
Much more information from this enlightened lady here.
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