Twenty years ago, in the midst of a multi-day labor with my son, I asked the labor and delivery (L&D) nurse when I might expect to finally deliver. She smiled, squeezed my hand in between contractions, and told me, “The baby will come when he is ready to. These things don’t happen on a schedule!”
You can’t have an abortion in some states either now.
According to the most recent data, the average cost of having a baby in the United States is approximately $18,865. Fortunately, if you have health insurance, you will typically pay $2,854 on average, or about 15% of the total cost.
You can’t have an abortion in some states either now.
https://www.uwhealth.org/news/how-much-does-it-really-cost-have-baby