It's not even about them reproducing...it's about them moving to the state and becoming part of 'the population.'
....and they're going to move and just not reproduce? You realize migrants, especially from poorer countries, have far more children than citizens who have been here for many generations. Those from more traditional cultures have as many as 4 or more kids. If you want the state to rely on immigration, then the state will surely have any greater interest in their population numbers, not less.
And what excuse? My mistyping? I clarified it because you didnt answer it the way that addressed the population/abortion aspect. Why are you so touchy about just answering it? If the point had been adequately addressed, I wouldnt bring it up again. IMO you are trying to avoid doing so. Why?
you're the one that keeps arguing it. why exactly, is my answer so objectionable to you? You never really lay that out, you just try to introduce other things that are either irrelevant, or hurt your own case.
OK, if that is true (the bold)...then why is 'population' a valid 'states' best interest?' If the state has options for growing its population (legal immigrants)...what is the justification for using it to restrict abortion?
well, that's just the thing, it's not an option for all governments. You certainly cant count on immigration if your state/country is poorer and people are leaving. A state can only rely on immigration if there is, in fact, immigration going on. Even then, it's rarely static. It's really a point of conceit to think that everyone in the world just is trying to live where you live, when in truth, it's other factors that push-pull people to migrate, and when those factors go away, migration ceases, like the european migrations of the 1800's.
A state is much better set for the long term if they turn to their own to make sure their own are making stable, vibrant families. Immigration is often used as a bandaid over more long term, often debilitating, cultural problems
in any case, restricting abortion has little to do with that. A state always has general interest in its population figures, of which abortion is but a point on that overall dimension. if abortion is being used en masse, then it speaks less to laws, and more to various cultural issues that are affecting the population.