# Of Infanticide and Abortion

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [January 5, 2010, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-infanticide-and-abortion/523695 "2010-01-05T00:07:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-infanticide-and-abortion/523695/25 "2010-01-05T18:43:18Z")

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> [@Freudian\_Slit](#):
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> Yeah. As things stand now, there doesn’t seem to be any compelling reason to commit infanticide. Abortion is legal and if you do give birth you have the option of adopting it out.

Not necessarily, putting an unwanted baby up for adoption does not prevent the other biological parent from claiming custody and suing for child support. As you can legally shoot someone who breaks into your house to steal, I would have no qualms about killing someone who would be stealing hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars from me over the next 18 years.

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