Abby McCloskey, The Dallas Morning News, December 3, 2021

“At its simplest level, more restrictions on abortion will result in more babies born. Research shows that many will be born into uncomfortable situations, where they were not planned or into families that are not financially or relationally secure and who will struggle to provide a high level of care. While abortion used to be only loosely related to income, in recent decades abortions increasingly have become concentrated among impoverished women. In the most recent survey of abortion patients conducted by the Guttmacher Institute, nearly half of abortions are performed for women living below the poverty line as of 2014 (up from 30% in 1987), and 75% were to women considered poor or low-income.”