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In reply to the discussion: Do NOT tell me there is no war on women after reading this... [View all]Bradical79
(4,490 posts)Then you have to increase funding for law enforcement, another heavy expenditure. Since you're interested in practical eventualities, then for all practical intents people will not be likely to make choices such as abstinence or condom use (a male-centric form of birth control that still costs money). People in poor conditions are less likely to have received decent education or be particularly forward thinking when juggling multiple jobs and trying not to starve.
The conservative type of state that refuses to raise taxes on the wealthy, eliminates woman specific health care coverage from plans, and eliminates the social safety net is also likely to eliminate adequate sex education, replacing such classes with abstinence programs which are shown to be very ineffective. Children in these poor areas are also much less likely to have a parent at home to teach them about the birds and the bees, assuming that parent is even educated in reproductive health themselves.
Basically, all you're accomplishing is increasing poverty which in turn will lead to an increase in crime, especially if the children aren't cared for as will likely be the case. It's a big reason conservative debt control policies rarely work well, because they create feedback loops that leave the majority of the population worse off, not just those targeted by spending cuts.