“Even during the 50s [abortion] was somewhere in the six-figures”
My husband told me that in the 30s, a reservoir near Peoria, IL was drained and they found more than a dozen infant bodies. Desperate people will always do someting desperate if they are desperate enough. With the bad economy, who knows what aweful things are happening.
“Young people will say, then what’s the point of marriage.”
They will do what they are already doing. They will live together until they decide to buy a house, have a baby, or make some other major commitment. Then they will marry because of the legal implications. This is one of the reasons that gays want to get married. Also for older and sick gays there is the issue of hospital visitation and inheritance.
—Also for older and sick gays there is the issue of hospital visitation and inheritance.—
That’s why there are wills (which anyone, gay or straight, should have) and durable powers of attorney.
The issue of hospital visition is made up. People can designate legally anyone they want to visit them. Anyone can make out their will to anyone they want - people have even left their estate to their pets.