# What would it take to make pro-lifers become OK with abortion?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [September 28, 2021, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take-to-make-pro-lifers-become-ok-with-abortion/951520 "2021-09-28T15:20:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2021, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take-to-make-pro-lifers-become-ok-with-abortion/951520/61 "2021-10-03T22:25:56Z")

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Make them pay the costs of unwanted pregnancies as well as the cost of raising that child to age 18.

Have a special assessment levied once a year in each county where they tally up the cost of these unwanted kids in the county and then send the residents of the country a bill for it.

Hit them in the pocketbook and they’ll change their tune fast.

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**Author:** ![Tfletch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tfletch1/32/5340_2.png) [@Tfletch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tfletch1)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take-to-make-pro-lifers-become-ok-with-abortion/951520/62 "2021-10-19T13:17:12Z")

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And if they don’t pay up, they go to jail.

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