Tue Apr 19, 2022 – 11:59 am EDT
(LifeSiteNews) – Anyone who has spent time studying abortion data knows that one of the primary reasons women choose abortion, besides pressure from those around them, is economic circumstances. Many, in fact, go so far as to say that they feel as if abortion—held out to them by the culture as the “easy way out” of, well, anything—is the only choice truly available to them. This is why I have suggested in print that Canadian politicians begin asking tough questions about why so many women are having abortions they say they do not want, and what we can do to reduce unwanted abortions—which will, of course, reduce abortions overall.
Some countries have recognized that economic incentives can go a long way towards reducing the abortion rate. In Hungary, for example, new policies dictate that the more children you have, the less personal income tax you pay—and mothers with at least four children pay no personal income tax for the rest of their lives. Even the flat tax of 15 percent is reduced based on the number of children you have, and student loans are reduced with the birth
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