re: If Alabama was actually serious about lowering abortions

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It used to be that the stigma was so great around unwed pregnancy that people would get married to avoid it. That was better for children and for the parents in different ways. That rarely happens anymore and abortion has replaced marriage in those situations. 

Sin is the problem and more sin is not the solution.

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Some form of social stigma is needed in our society. I see that frequently when I notice just how large the single motherhood rate is.

However, the old way of social stigma (forcing marriage) has arguably not made the problem any better. What you end up with is alot of unhappy marriages where spouses are bitter and normally some form degenerate behavior (cheating, alcoholism, etc.) takes place.

Coltaine on YouTube put it best in his series analyzing birth control, marriage, and social influences. People look at the pre 1970s as a golden age of marriage, but that's through rose-tinted glasses. In truth many of those marriages were a disaster.

And if social norms are the only thing keeping divorce from happening instead of love and commitment, then it wasn't better, just marketed well.