Pro-Choice activist Austin Cline talks about poor women and abortion, and seems to make the argument that it is cheaper for society for these women to have abortions than for them to give birth to their babies.
“The lack of funding for abortions can easily put them out of the reach of poor women who are likely seeking abortions because they cannot afford to care for more children. Ultimately, the state pays more to help these families.”
Austin Cline “Religious Groups Aim to Eliminate Women’s Rights” in Lucinda Almond The Abortion Controversy (New York: Greenhaven Press, 2007) 55
The fact that it is cheaper to kill life then to support it should not be an argument in favor of legalized abortion. The argument reeks of disdain for the poor, saying that it is better for them to kill their children than allow them to become a burden on taxpayers.
