Abortion Policy and Super-optimum Solutions |
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| Authors: | Stuart S. Nagel |
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| Affiliation: | Stuart S. Nagel is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Illinois. He is secretary-treasurer and publications coordinator of the Policy Studies Organization. He is especially interested in public policy analysis directed toward alternatives that enable those embracing conservative, liberal, and other major viewpoints to all surpass their best initial expectations simultaneously. |
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| Abstract: | Super-optimum solutions to public policy problems are ones that enable conservatives, liberals, and other major viewpoints all to come out ahead of their best initial expectations simultaneously. Thinking in terms of multiple goals and alternatives facilitates the development of mutually beneficial packages, possibly with the aid of spreadsheet-based software that enables one to better deal with the multiplicity of goals and alternatives. This article describes how super-optimum solutions might be applied to abortion policy and deals with auxiliary policies concerning birth control and adoptions. It also addresses related policies that focus on the Chinese population problem. Chinese abortion policy involves a battle between women who do want to stay pregnant and a society that would like to facilitate pregnancy termination. American abortion policy involves a battle between women who do not want to stay pregnant and a society that is reluctant to facilitate abortions. |
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