Another Perspective on the Abortion Argument- Civil War Comparison

This is kind of long. But I wanted to share this.

I get that most of your think abortion is a horrible practice. I have already stated my belief in that abortion should be conditional (rape, death).

However, I think we are taking this the wrong way. I honestly do not think morality or religion is why so many GOP politicians are against abortion. I think it's the economic realities of what happens in post-abortion America.

In the Civil War, slavery was a contested issue that became the major issue in the late stages. The Southern leadership knew that eventually, the technological advancements were making slavery obsolete. However, the problem was that free slaves meant having a larger population of people in your country. They did not have the structure like the Union for mass factorization, so total assimilation would arguably take more time and premature end of slavery could (and did) hurt the overall economy.

In context with abortion, it's the reality that more people born to poorer people will inevitably lead to more people on welfare and thus a stronger strain on government funds. Also (and this is sadistic) but more poor people will typically find themselves voting for social reforms ie Democratic.

Now we can go on about personal responsibility and many other accolades on how people should act. But we can not ignore the fact of how people will act. You can not legislate personal responsibility.

I am not saying we should just let poor decision makers control everything. But I also realize the harsh reality of how these things typically work and politicians, at the end of the day, care about money and votes not our personal beliefs on what makes a good society.