The discovery of antibiotics in the early 1940s did that by providing a treatment for infection. In 1972, the year before the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion, only 39 women died from abortion related complications. Legalizing abortion was supposed to help reduce child abuse, since it was assumed most abused children were unwanted at birth. But this theory has been disproved by scientific studies as well as by the obvious evidence that child abuse has sharply increased since abortion became legal. Rather than helping stop child abuse, legal abortion has actually contributed to its sharp rise due to effects abortion has on women s self esteem and ability to deal with stress-two important factors which cause child abuse.
Guilt is one important cause of child battering and infanticide.
The Average Abortions Procedure Takes 5 to 10 Minutes. The Average Wait for Adoption Takes 2 to 10 Years. Approximately 2,000,000 couples in America are currently ready and waiting to adopt. Only 50,000 babies are placed for adoption each year. Marketing Week, October 30, 1989.