Can’t we just abort California and New England?
If there had been no legal abortions, you wouldn’t want to abort California. It would be nice enough to keep.
It would have been full of children who are citizens, and their parents, who actually would have to vote for things that ensure the well-being of families in this generation and the next. One of those things would have been protecting the borders so that their children would have jobs, and supporting normal American civic life, so that their communities would be in better shape for their children.
And remember that Californians tried to get tough on immigration, but it prop 105 was not allowed. They tried to defeat gay marriage, but the courts did not allow that either. They actually recalled a Democratic governor, but Schwarzennegger didn’t pan out as a replacement. They also have a really big anti-abortion march in SF every year, which gets minimal press coverage. There are a lot of decent Californians who have gotten thwarted at every turn. And they still have some fight left in them. (Ok, I’m feeling feisty, anyway.)