No woman should ever feel they HAVE TO abort.

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19. It is also unrealistic to expect that overall women will choose to have many children.

Statistically speaking, it is almost universal that a strong social safety net coupled with good sex education and access to the full range of reproductive healthcare options results in a reduction in the birth rate--sometimes even below replacement levels!

The social burden of that one woman who chooses to have fifteen children and gets support for them from the state does not outweigh the overall trend towards fewer children, who as a whole have better outcomes in terms of health and achievement, and who go on to be productive, beneficial citizens, because their well-being is assured by society.