For years Michigan Right to Life has hammered home the point that abortion is wrong. Period. End of story.
But now it appears to be expanding its arguments against abortion to include the impact on the economy, teachers, and innovations in our country.
Here is the reasoning put forth in the RTL Michigan News under the heading, “Abortion negatively impacts economy.”
With 54 million abortions since 1973, the anti-abortion group theorizes that means 54 million fewer consumers to buy goods and services at an estimated loss of $2.54 trillion.
The article goes on to suggest abortions also contribute to the “unsustainability of entitlements.” “How many contributions (to Social Security and Medicare) would 54 million persons have made?" RTL wonders.
It is also points out with fewer human beings on the earth, there are fewer persons to come up with new innovations. "When we kill an unborn child, we also kill their future dreams, creativity and knowledge."
Perhaps one of the more unusual arguments centers on teachers. Michigan Education Association are you listening?
With fewer children, due to abortions, RTL suggests there are “400,000 missing students from kindergarten to the class of 2012.” Had they gone to school the newsletter argues over 26,000 teachers would be teaching today “if their entire classrooms weren’t wiped out in the womb.”
However, the other side could take these same arguments and turn them around i.e. with fewer children in the classrooms, the class sizes are now smaller and hence kids are getting a better education and the overall cost is also down.
The other side could also contend because there are fewer consumers, the demand for goods and services is not so high and therefore costs are lower for everyone.
And on social security, even though fewer are paying into the system, it also means fewer will need the long term benefits. And the welfare roles will be smaller too, not to mention fewer crooks to commit crimes.
The point is, using the economy to justify not having abortions can work both ways and moves the issue from morality to include dollars and cents. No one is saying that is either right or wrong, but it does represent a shift in strategy by the RTL contingency.
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