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and then there's the ripple effect of having so many people dumped into society who were "raised" by parents who didn't want them in the first place, have no understanding of a child's needs or who can't afford to care for them properly.

Some of these kids will grow up living in squalor or become homeless, be bounced around an already-overloaded foster care system or become the victims of other unspeakable horrors.

I'm first decan GenX (1969), and the jokes about us being feral and raising ourselves are not unfounded. I was one of the lucky ones, but the abuse that some of my closest friends endured at the hands of their "families" during their childhoods is serious nightmare fuel.

It's after Roe was decided that you start seeing a widespread societal shift from neglect to helicopter parenting. IIRC, one of the ripple effects of Roe was a drop in the crime rate. So, by all means, let's go back to a system where MORE children marinate in a chaotic, unstable environment feeling unloved and unwanted! What could go wrong?