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<p>As we all know, there are so many effects that abortion has on our society and the whole world. What seems to be overlooked is how abortion can hurt the economy. People make the mistake that abortion is solely a moral issue, and therefore cannot be related to the effects of the economy.</p>
<p>In the United States, we have a national debt nearing $16 trillion, which has surpassed the nation’s annual GDP. In other words, our federal government is spending beyond our means. Since abortion was legalized in 1973 by <em>Roe v. Wade</em>, over 50 million babies have died, with over 3,000 killed on a daily basis. <span class="post-teaser-more">&nbsp;<a href="http://heartsunitedforlife.com/?p=2168" title="Permanent Link: The Economic Effect of Abortion: Billions and Billions Lost" rel="bookmark">Read more...</a> <i>(679 words, estimated 2:43  mins reading time)</i></span></p>

<div class="post-teaser-block">This is a preview of <q>The Economic Effect of Abortion: Billions and Billions Lost</q>. <a href="http://heartsunitedforlife.com/?p=2168" title="Permanent Link: The Economic Effect of Abortion: Billions and Billions Lost" rel="bookmark">Read the full post (679 words, estimated 2:43  mins reading time)</a></div>{"id":2168,"date":"2013-07-19T07:04:25","date_gmt":"2013-07-19T11:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heartsunitedforlife.com\/?p=2168"},"modified":"2013-08-15T16:27:32","modified_gmt":"2013-08-15T20:27:32","slug":"the-economic-effect-of-abortion-billions-and-billions-lost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/heartsunitedforlife.com\/?p=2168","title":{"rendered":"The Economic Effect of Abortion: Billions and Billions Lost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As we all know, there are so many effects that abortion has on our society and the whole world. What seems to be overlooked is how abortion can hurt the economy. People make the mistake that abortion is solely a moral issue, and therefore cannot be related to the effects of the economy.<\/p>\n<p>In the United States, we have a national debt nearing $16 trillion, which has surpassed the nation\u2019s annual GDP. In other words, our federal government is spending beyond our means. Since abortion was legalized in 1973 by\u00a0<em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>, over 50 million babies have died, with over 3,000 killed on a daily basis. <span class=\"post-teaser-more\">&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/heartsunitedforlife.com\/?p=2168\" title=\"Permanent Link: The Economic Effect of Abortion: Billions and Billions Lost\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read more...<\/a> <i>(679 words, estimated 2:43  mins reading time)<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"post-teaser-block\">This is a preview of <q>The Economic Effect of Abortion: Billions and Billions Lost<\/q>. <a href=\"http:\/\/heartsunitedforlife.com\/?p=2168\" title=\"Permanent Link: The Economic Effect of Abortion: Billions and Billions Lost\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read the full post (679 words, estimated 2:43  mins reading time)<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":null,"protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2169,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Economic Effect of Abortion: Billions and Billions Lost - Hearts United For Life<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/heartsunitedforlife.com\/?p=2168\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Economic Effect of Abortion: Billions and Billions Lost - Hearts United For Life\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; As we all know, there are so many effects that abortion has on our society and the whole world. 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