If women are no longer paid to bear children, they will be encouraged, on the margin, to become sexually responsible. In fact, abortions and income are only tangentially related. A National Bureau of Economic Research study demonstrates that a lack of funds is even a reason why many women do not get abortions. This fact points to another pernicious aspect of federally subsidized abortions. But there is good evidence to think it will.
Abortion is always a costly decision and a personal tragedy.
Women who have them often suffer trauma, which is why no one takes the decision lightly. I have counseled many women who have had abortions. I have never met one who did not regret getting pregnant in the first place. From their perspective, it is far better to say no to premarital sex or at Ieast to avoid pregnancy. Reducing cash payments to single motherhood will reinforce this attitude.