On the one hand, outlawing abortion would pull an important safety net out from under millions of people, cause some wealthy people to seek abortions at great expense, and cause some desperate women and girls to seek horribly dangerous illegal abortions. Outlawing abortion would also disrupt many people’s life plans, causing them to have children when they are not yet ready to have children, or not interested in having children at all. These are very, very high costs. On the other hand, outlawing abortion would grant life to many people who would otherwise not get to exist. And, depending on
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