Instead of giving a troubled woman a free abortion, give her instead, the cost of an abortion in cash, to do with what she wants.
I can guarantee you that many, maybe half, maybe more than half, would spend it on nice maternity dresses, a down-payment on a bigger apartment, a bus ticket to Mama, a personal security handgun, a basket of the cutest, cuddliest baby clothes, $500 worth pickles and ice cream --- who cares?
I'm betting a lot more choice would result in a lot less dead babies carted off by SteriCycle.
There is an ugly twist in the law, here, and it is important to know it as a general principle.
If you give someone a gift at regular intervals, the courts may decide that you have created dependency in them, so you may be required to continue giving them the same gifts at the same intervals. That is, they can sue you to force you to continue.
Plus, unless any obligations of the gifts are put in writing at the start of the gift giving, they can be ignored.
For example, if a man assumes he is a father, and so pays child support to a woman not his wife, then discovers the child is not his, the courts may require him to still pay child support. Even if the woman uses the money just to buy cigarettes and liquor for herself.
Again, I wouldn’t fret this much, but just keep it in mind.
Why do people act like abortion or the birth parents raising the child are the only two options?