Opposition to Amendment G in South Dakota

  The Poor, Malthusianism, Eugenics and Abortion Alexander Blackstone   The abortionist movement has succeeded in presenting abortion as a solution for the problems of mothers who are poor. But the truth of the matter is far from that. One of the roots of the deep socio-cultural problems that are facing the poor in this country are connected to the collapse of the two-parent family structure. Melissa S. Kearney has shown, first, that while in 1980 80% of the children of this country lived in two-parent families, in 2019 only 57% do. This is a dramatic decline. She has also shown that “children who grow up without two parents in their home are at a substantial disadvantage relative to kids who do.” [1] She bases this statement on very careful socio-economic statistical research. She does not investigate the causes of the collapse of the two-parent family structure, though. Towards the end of her book, in a careful way (covered with statistical and social science protec...