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Step-by-step explanation:
Swift critiques the authorities by predicting that their method "would prevent those voluntary Abortions, and that terrible Practice of Women killing their B**tard Children," both of which are "all too common among us." His criticism of the English administration intensifies as he questions whether the unfortunate innocent infants are slain "more to save the expense than the shame." By presenting his absurd suggestion in the most formal and grave manner, the author mocks the intellectuals and policymakers of the period.