When legislators were first discussing legalizing abortion, one of their motives was the elimination of poor children who were drain on the economy.
According to one congressman supporter of abortion becoming legal in North Carolina (prior to Roe V Wade):
“Unwanted children are a large drain on tax money. In contrast, an abortion earlier than the 12th week of pregnancy costs only about $25.”
Johanna Choen Choice & Coercion: Birth Control, Sterilization, and Abortion in Public Health and Welfare (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2005) 190
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