Somebody's got a bee in his bonnet tonight.
Yes, I do, actually.
Check this out:
America, STOP Murdering Our Unborn Children!
American have high rates of abortion because they have no job protections for pregnant women, no mandated maternity leave, no mandated sex education, and no universal health care. There's not even a child care tax deduction for working women.
80% of women having abortions are either below the poverty line or just above it. A very high percentage already have one or more children. If they get pregnant, the can be fired. When they give birth, they have no right to maternity leave, and no guarantee their job will be there after the child is born.
The US is the only first world country which doesn't have mandated maternity leave and job protections for pregnant women. The Republican Party, which bills itself as the party of "family values", has fought tooth and nail against any form of maternity leave or job protections for pregnant women.
If you want to end abortion, look at who is getting all these abortions and the why women are making this choice.
In Canada abortion is free. There is no copay or cost to the woman. It's covered by our government funded health care. There are no laws against abortions either. There are no waiting periods, no mandated counselling and no forced ultra sounds. You go to the clinic and you get an abortion - no muss, no fuss, no pack drill. And our abortion rate is half that of the US.
We have government funded health care which covers all prenatal and post natal care for mother and child. We have a mandated 12 month maternity leave so that parents can be with their young infants for the first year of their lives, funded by employment insurance. Companies, by law, have to hold you job open for you to return, and last but not least, you cannot fire a pregnant woman.
We also have tax deductions for child care, and a $2500 per year per child benefit for young children to help pay child care costs.
If you honestly want to reduce the number of American abortions, you need similar programs.
Put your money where your mouth is.