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Things that lower abortion rates... (Original Post)
Playinghardball
Aug 2013
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theHandpuppet
(19,964 posts)1. k&r
DirkGently
(12,151 posts)2. KNR.
valerief
(53,235 posts)3. Kick!
dickthegrouch
(3,191 posts)4. What about gainful employment?
I would think that being fully employed not only takes away the time to create unwanted children, it also means fewer of them are unwanted because they can be properly supported.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)6. Both ways, if the protesters were gainfully employed
they wouldn't have time to hang around clinics harassing people.
BrotherIvan
(9,126 posts)5. Contraception & Education!
Sex ed teaches people how babies are made and how to avoid making unwanted ones.
If this country really wanted to cut down on abortions, there would have been an effort in the last 50 years to create safe, easy-to-use, 100% effective birth control with no side effects for men and women. Where is that?
They_Live
(3,249 posts)7. A living wage
would absolutely help.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)8. Zing!