Yes, that is what I was aiming at. If it is the rational choice to end a pregnancy, than it is good for us that not everyone in the past did so. I am aware that the OP wrote about the financial incentive, not about the most rational choice.
I’m speaking of a peculiar situation, not of a generic pregnancy. Still, I suppose that as “financial reasons to have an abortion” go, the fact that not having one obliges you to raise a kid does seem like it ought to weigh highly...
I think it’s a riff on “homo economicus”—i.e., the theory that humans are rational economic actors.
Yes, that is what I was aiming at. If it is the rational choice to end a pregnancy, than it is good for us that not everyone in the past did so. I am aware that the OP wrote about the financial incentive, not about the most rational choice.
I’m speaking of a peculiar situation, not of a generic pregnancy. Still, I suppose that as “financial reasons to have an abortion” go, the fact that not having one obliges you to raise a kid does seem like it ought to weigh highly...