What are the advantages to legalizing abortion? Babies would not be thrown into dust bin by irresponsible parents. Crime rate can also be reduced significantly.

Consider the following scenarios. 1) The couple has sex, pregnancy, abortion is not legalized, the man runs away or the baby gets thrown into the garbage can or flushed down the toilet. 2) A happily married couple who's not ready for kids, wife suddenly became pregnant, abortion is not legalized, baby born, ruins marriage, divorced. 3) A low-income couple with wife pregnant, abortion is not legalized, forces to give birth, the child is raised, no money for school, perhaps work at food stalls.

Think about if these children were given birth to, how would they be raised? If they're unwanted in the first place, then, certainly, their childhood lives will be miserable. They will suffer from lack of care, lack of discipline and which results in bad behavior and generally leads to the commitment of crime.
The United States is a perfect example. According to Donohue and Levitt's study, male aged between 18 to 24 are most likely to commit crime. With the abortion legalized in the United States in 1973, it has led to a significant drop in crime 18 years later. It started in 1992 and dropped tremendously in 1995 which should have been the peak commiting-crime years. Since 1973, over 45 million legal abortions have been performed in the United States alone.

Think about it.

So you expect them to get married first, then abort the baby, and get a divorce?

exactly my point

Exactly, it is only legalize if it harms the mothers mental/physical body.

Up to the stage that the mother's life is not endangered

I know about the consequence thing. But even with harsh penalty people still do it. Singapore has death sentence for those found with drugs... people still go there

is that suppose to be good news?

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Added on September 6, 2010, 11:31 pmyour whole family shouldn't exist

This post has been edited by alanjaii: Sep 6 2010, 11:31 PM

Guys, are you saying that American made a mistake by legalizing abortion? Search on Wiki and get your facts straight. The crime rate is reduced. REDUCED.

So let's just answer this plain simple question. You think the baby is not aborted, he/she will have a good life? a good childhood? They might,but not as likely.

Listen. They are not wanted in the very beginning.

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Added on September 7, 2010, 9:26 amI know that raising one that you don't care about is alot harder.

This post has been edited by alanjaii: Sep 7 2010, 09:26 AM

Consider bad as in endangering the lives of others

thank you