Not only is this argument not even true, it's not even applicable to the discussion over the morality of abortion. You're making two fallacies in the same breath. It's a red herring, and it's a categorical mistake.
Do you know what percentage of abortions are committed because the mother is living in dire poverty and the birth of her child will likely result in both the child's death and the mother's death due to starvation or homelessness? You also like to reference really young girls that have abortions, do you know what percentage of abortions come from girls under 15? It's 0.3%
No doubt having a child changes one's life. But very rarely does having a baby result in a life threatening situation to the mother or the child. Might it make life hard? Sure, it often does, even in stable families.
But at no time is a morally acceptable alternative the killing of the innocent human being who is created in God's image and possesses inherent moral worth and value.
God doesn't promise us riches. God doesn't promise us an easy life. God doesn't promise us a good job. These are not valid reasons to kill another human being created in God's image.
And once again, you fail to acknowledge and understand that there are more families in line waiting for newborn babies to adopt than there are newborn babies available.
Of the 98.5% of abortions that are committed for convenience reasons - None are morally acceptable.
I've made neither of the claims you are concerned about.
Let those unborn babies fend for them selves with mothers that are
willing to have them die rather than be born.
I was referring to the financial cost of raising a child, and the social cost of a mother planning on aborting a child, but not doing so.
Odds are high that the woman is not secure enough with healthcare, finances, and in a stable partnership and having planned sex.
According to a 2017 report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the average cost of raising a child from birth through age 17 is $233,610.
In the United States, 83% of single parents are mothers. Among this percentage of single mothers: 45% of single mothers are currently divorced or separated, 1.7% are widowed, 34% of single mothers never have been married.
I do live in a major city where my wife teaches grade school special ed, so I am relating
actual cases of children having babies. Yes, the numbers are small. In 2013, the abortion rate was 27 per 1,000 black females ages 15 to 19 or 2.7%.
I am not arguing to lower
the volume of abortions as you might be focused on.
My concern is about the raising of the baby because my wife has to teach poorly raised children with learning disabilities and with parents are too lazy to teach them to read and write.
A nine-year-old girl gave birth to a premature boy weighing 2.5 lb (1.1 kg) at the
University of Arkansas Medical Center in
Little Rock, Arkansas.
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You have failed to show that women having abortions are women of low moral character.