[Restorer]

pagan practices made women insecure, leading them to practice abortion and infanticide.

The author shows a drastic lack of knowledge here about the classical world.

Abortion and infanticide were never the woman's choice, although she could obviously kill her baby on the sly. Decisions about whether a child would be carried to term or exposed after birth were entirely up to the master of the house, with regard to both his wife and his slaves.

Except in Sparta, where the state made these decisions.

[NYer]

The author shows a drastic lack of knowledge here about the classical world.

You seem to have good knowledge of the classical world. What are some of the factors that preceded and contributed to the collapse of the Greek and Roman Empires? Do you see any paralells in contemporary society?