Because I'm 70 years old, I can remember the days before abortion was legal. Also, I grew up in Hollywood, where sexual immorality often runs amok.
One thing I know for sure is that if a woman wants an abortion she will get it whether it's legal or not. It's much better and safer to have a legal abortion than an illegal one. My mother had an illegal abortion back in the 1950's. It was performed in a doctor's office. She got an infection and had to have her uterus removed. Those are the kinds of things that happen when abortion is not legal.
It's pretty much the same situation as when we had prohibition. During prohibition crime was rampant in finding ways to break the law. The prohibition law actually produced criminals. Also prohibition didn't keep anyone from drinking and what they drank was often totally unsafe (just watch Boardwalk Empire).
