I don't think of a back alley when I refer to "illegal" abortions. I do know it was a fairly common practice in poor neighborhoods. I grew up poor, so it wasn't totally foreign to our neighborhood. But the minister's daugher...she didn't have to let her uncle or even a doctor performing it illegally at her house do that to her.

You know, there was a pretty big black market for some unscrupulous doctors back in the 50's to do undocumented abortions. I've seen and heard interviews with ladies who experienced it.

My whole complaint is that we the taxpayers end up paying for so much of the cost to support people who could and should be supporting themselves.
I'd love to see some sort of requirement of public service before anyone could receive payment from the government.

Onward!