If all babies were planned, wanted, able to be afforded and cared for- how do you think the world would be?

Less child abuse

Less need for WIC

Less welfare paid out

Higher educated female population

Higher earning female population

Lower infant rate of mortality and illness.

lower divorce rate, lower marriage rate

No more adoption agencies? What about cases where the parents tragically die after the children are born? Or develop illnesses/habits that make them incapable to care for the children? Or what about cases where the parents wanted to have a child but were really unable to care for them (take the case of a 12-13 year old who is dying to have a baby and then finds out it's not all ga-ga goo-goo)? I'm pro-choice but this is a nutty question. It's just not that easy.

I don't think it's possible to speculate on the ramifications of such a change. Perhaps less overpopulation, less hunger, etc. But I still think there would be adoption agencies (albeit fewer of them), simply because no matter how well planned and wanted a baby is, doesn't mean that the parents are immortal while the baby is growing up.

Well the crazy people would sill grow up crazy but maybe they would find out what was wrong with them before they hurt or killed anyone. The mothers would have the money to take them to a doc and put on meds. I think life would be better if babies where planned and cared for etc. I think it would be a more happier place to live.

Good question and deserves a star!

I think if this was the case, the world would be deprived not only of the potentially great people who could have been born. But also, the world would have one less way to learn to overcome adversity.

If there is no struggle, many people would not cherish what they have.

Circumstances could still require the need for adoption agencies

this is a ideal condition , still adoption agencies would be needed for kids who lost parents, seperated etc. second there will always be flaws and there will be more kids than we expect

Maybe the general state of kids would be happier and less in need of all the kiddie crack - the meds and gaming.

Oh I guess children who have been orphaned won't be needing homes.

Wow....that's a very astute observation you have there. Lets not forget the world would be grossly overpopulated(Even more than it is now).