They certainly would not be able to keep the same standard of living. Today we have a similar situation. The present economy has been built on the backs of dead babies and those who support abortion fear that its abolition will mean that they will not be able to keep the same standard of living that they have grown accustomed to. Consider the following and decide for yourself. Imagine a family with two children, one in 7th grade and one in 10th.
Mom becomes pregnant.
The first issue is whether she can or will continue to work after the baby is born. Now consider the nation as a whole. In the last 25 years we have killed one-third of all babies before they were born. Think of the added cost for the programs being touted now by the president in education, day care, health care, energy usage, etc. The people in the South knew that there was trouble coming when states in the North abolished slavery.