Source: Bet On It
by Michael Crone
“In an earlier post, Caplan proposed eliminating the welfare state as a means to increase adoptable infants. Hidden among the responses to his post is data suggesting that eliminating abortion would bring about a massive increase in adoptable babies. Elizabeth Kirk and Ryan Hanlon, in a response to Caplan’s argument, wrote ‘For every child placed for adoption, approximately 70 other women choose to rear the child as a single parent, and 50 other women choose to terminate the pregnancy.’ In a different response, Steven Salop wrote ‘One study found that among women denied access to abortion, only about 10% chose adoption, so simply prohibiting abortion is not the best route to supporting expanded adoption.’ While knowing the best route to expanded adoption is difficult, the data presented imply prohibiting abortion would be a very powerful force for expanded adoption.” (02/03/26)
https://www.betonit.ai/p/abortion-and-adoption-the-crone-critiques