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Can someone explain the benefits of outlawing abortion?

In the 49 years Roe v. Wade was in place, the crime rate in the U.S. plummeted, the overall standard of living went up, more people were educated, technology advanced, and women and minorities enjoyed greater equality. The U.S. also became the sole superpower. You can argue that none of these were related to abortion, but that suggests abortion has no effect on anything. Some of the negative outcomes of outlawing abortion could be:

Increase in the maternal death rate for women who needed abortions for their own health-related reasons
Increase in the infant death rate for children with genetic defects who otherwise would have been aborted
increase in abandoned children and "dumpster babies"
Increase in poverty and child abuse of unwanted children
Growth of a black market in abortion, from "back alley" clinics, drug dealers selling abortion pills, and legitimate doctors performing abortions for their patients
Lower birth rates as more women opt for sterilization out of fear that they won't be able to have an abortion if they need one

So what are the benefits? I'm not looking for abstract platitudes like "increased respect for life" or other vague pronouncements. Abortion is illegal in Guatemala, but I wouldn't point to that country as one where life is respected. I'm asking for specific, concrete benefits. This may be difficult as countries where abortion is illegal tend to have less individual liberty and prosperity than countries where it's legal or at least easily accessible (for example, abortion is illegal in Malta, but Maltese women have an abortion rate similar to other EU countries because they simply go to Italy for their abortions).
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Diotrephes · 70-79, M
Who is gullible enough to believe this BS story? Dumb cops.

1-year-old boy dies in fall from third-floor hotel room window: ‘A tragic accident’
"A 1-year-old boy from Minnesota has died tragically after falling from a third-floor hotel room window in South Dakota, his family said.

Madden Hein succumbed to his injuries in the hospital on Monday, two days after plunging from the Club House Hotel & Suites in Sioux Falls, his parents, Kathryn and Alex Hein announced Tuesday.

Police are investigating Madden’s death, but Sioux Falls Police Department spokesman, Officer Sam Clemens, told the Minneapolis Star Tribune that there is “nothing to lead us to believe it was anything other than a tragic accident.”"
https://nypost.com/2024/04/18/us-news/tot-dies-in-fall-from-third-floor-hotel-room-window/

They are butchering the kid for body parts and got $69,000 in donations.

The kid was 1 year-old. He was able to wander around the room, walk up to the window, open it, and jump out without the parents noticing it.

As I've said, if the parents don't want and love the kid, they will abuse and/or kill it. Even an idiot cop should be able to see that the parents' story is BS by simply recreating the situation. What was the outside temperature? What time did it happen? Did the parents leave the window wide open and what were they doing when the kid flopped out of the window? If the window was closed how did a short 1 year-old open it?
Punches · 46-50, F
@Diotrephes Most windows are a PITA to open even for grown-ups. Let alone an infant.
BTW are one year olds even capable of walking yet? Crawling sure but to walk?

This story might be completely fabricated anyways, like most of the bull on the web.
Diotrephes · 70-79, M
@Punches
Most windows are a PITA to open even for grown-ups. Let alone an infant.
BTW are one year olds even capable of walking yet? Crawling sure but to walk?

This story might be completely fabricated anyways, like most of the bull on the web.
Maybe they got the idea from pootin, who loves to throw people out of windows. Did you notice the windows on the hotel? They don't appear to be user-friendly for one-year-olds.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13319799/toddler-dies-falling-hotel-window-mother-breaks-silence.html