ONE IN FOUR would keep the baby if the MONEY were there.

Yes, that's only one in four.

But you could get yourself a lot of babies out of that, if you just had the brains to organize a way to funnel the first year's supplies to this specific woman.

If it is a first baby, the expense is daunting: crib, diapers, maybe formula if breast feeding doesn't go well before the kid reaches the age of solid food, which takes ten months, the baby clothes which cost the earth, the carriage, or how are you going to take the kid out of the house. The carrier, if you can handle a seven pound weight around your neck.

This stuff ADDS UP.

Concentrate on what you CAN do and not on what is beyond your reach.

That is quite apart from medical expenses. That is another matter. But simply paying for diapers is a big deal.

OK, your ancestors lay their infants in a dresser drawer. Fine. OK, your ancestors hired a wet nurse among the peasantry. That's not going on now. OK, your ancestors sewed the baby clothes with their hands, or had the maids do that. That's not going on now. OK, your ancestors used cloth diapers. That is exactly the same expense and environmental impact as disposable diapers. The maids helped in the past. Or grandma. Or the unmarried sisters who lives with you. That's not going on now.

No woman should have to abort merely for money reasons. And that seems to be all it is, 23% of the time, from what you say above.

As for sex, are you talking to yourself? Who do you think she is having sex with? You.

And here is some more news: she had sex because she wanted a baby. It is perfectly normal for any living organism to want to reproduce. They all have sex drives, from the bunnies to the koala bears. People also.

No, it's not all eros. Of course she wants to go the whole way and reproduce. So do you.

So figure out a way to help the 23% go through with it.

As for the others, I have no ideas. Let us concentrate on what is cooking: a pregnancy somewhere is gestating, and there is no money. That woman is not having a nice day. Can you help? She's peeing a lot and her neck is getting thicker and this is not a drill. Somebody is on the way. Can you help? Start an organization and get funding for fully supplying all first-year baby supplies. Clothes, crib, formula, stroller, everything. You WILL save lives.

ONE IN FOUR would keep the baby if the MONEY were there.

Yes, that's only one in four.

But you could get yourself a lot of babies out of that, if you just had the brains to organize a way to funnel the first year's supplies to this specific woman.

If it is a first baby, the expense is daunting: crib, diapers, maybe formula if breast feeding doesn't go well before the kid reaches the age of solid food, which takes ten months, the baby clothes which cost the earth, the carriage, or how are you going to take the kid out of the house. The carrier, if you can handle a seven pound weight around your neck.

This stuff ADDS UP.

Concentrate on what you CAN do and not on what is beyond your reach.

That is quite apart from medical expenses. That is another matter. But simply paying for diapers is a big deal.

OK, your ancestors lay their infants in a dresser drawer. Fine. OK, your ancestors hired a wet nurse among the peasantry. That's not going on now. OK, your ancestors sewed the baby clothes with their hands, or had the maids do that. That's not going on now. OK, your ancestors used cloth diapers. That is exactly the same expense and environmental impact as disposable diapers. The maids helped in the past. Or grandma. Or the unmarried sisters who lives with you. That's not going on now.

No woman should have to abort merely for money reasons. And that seems to be all it is, 23% of the time, from what you say above.

As for sex, are you talking to yourself? Who do you think she is having sex with? You.

And here is some more news: she had sex because she wanted a baby. It is perfectly normal for any living organism to want to reproduce. They all have sex drives, from the bunnies to the koala bears. People also. Why not. No, it's not all eros. Of course she wants to go the whole way and reproduce. So do you.

So figure out a way to help that 23% go through with it.

As for the others, I have no ideas. Let us concentrate on what is cooking: a pregnancy somewhere is gestating, and there is no money. That woman is not having a nice day. Can you help? She's peeing a lot and her neck is getting thicker and this is not a drill. Somebody is on the way. Can you help? Start an organization and get funding.

Fully ONE IN FOUR would keep the baby except if the money were there.

Yes, that's only one in four.

But you could get yourself a lot of babies out of that, if you just had the brains to organize a way to funnel the first year's supplies to this specific woman.

If it is a first baby, the expense is daunting: crib, diapers, maybe formula if breast feeding doesn't go well before the kid reaches the age of solid food, which takes ten months, the baby clothes which cost the earth, the carriage, or how are you going to take the kid out of the house. The carrier if you can handle a seven pound weight around your neck.

This stuff ADDS UP.

Concentrate on what you CAN do and not on what is beyond your reach.

That is quite apart from medical expenses. That is another matter. But simply paying for diapers is a big deal.

OK, your ancestors lay their infants in a dresser drawer. Fine. OK, your ancestors hired a wet nurse among the peasantry. That's not going on now. OK, your ancestors sewed the baby clothes with their hands, or had the maids do that. That's not going on now. OK, your ancestors used cloth diapers. That is exactly the same expense and environmental impact as disposable diapers. The maids helped in the past. Or grandma. Or the unmarried sisters who lives with you. That's not going on now.

No woman should have to abort merely for money reasons. And that seems to be all it is, 23% of the time, from what you say above.

As for sex, are you talking to yourself? Who do you think she is having sex with? You.

And here is some more news: she had sex because she wanted a baby. It is perfectly normal for any living organism to want to reproduce. They all have sex drives, from the bunnies to the koala bears. People also. Why not.

So figure out a way to help the 23% go through with it.

As for the others, I have no ideas. Let us concentrate on what is cooking: a pregnancy somewhere is gestating, and there is no money. That woman is not having a nice day. Can you help? She's peeing a lot and her neck is getting thicker and this is not a drill. Somebody is on the way. Can you help?