Quote from ammo:
i thought you did those in your sleep and had running charts,no offense intended
Quote from RCG Trader:
I am neither abortion nor anti-abortion. If a woman wants an abortion, fine. But not on the public dime. It is a personal choice and should be funded with personal money.
Quote from OPTIONAL777:
So if a woman doesn't get an abortion that she wants, but can't afford, and we get another crack baby that costs the taxpayer money in the long run...you are good with that?
Doesn't make economic sense at all.
You don't appear to have a moral issue with abortion, so I am looking only at the economics of the situation.
Quote from RCG Trader:
In fact, I have a very deep moral issue with abortion, but if I were a SCOTUS justice, I could not bring myself to outlaw it, as it is an infringement on the liberty of the individual.
If she cannot afford the abortion, then the baby comes. We as a society will be obligated to provide that child with life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, nothing more, nothing less. The child did not ask to come( as far as we know) and the mother could not hire a medical assassin to kill it. So it is here, it is a citizen and subject to the laws and benefits thereof of our original and amended charter.
Quote from OPTIONAL777:
So if a woman doesn't get an abortion that she wants, but can't afford, and we get another crack baby that costs the taxpayer money in the long run...you are good with that?
Doesn't make economic sense at all.
You don't appear to have a moral issue with abortion, so I am looking only at the economics of the situation.
Quote from OPTIONAL777:
I find it morally inconsistent to force a woman to have a child for the sake of the child, knowing full well that the child is going to suffer a miserable life.
Quote from Cache Landing:
Optional,
While you consistently try to lump pro-lifers into your economic analysis, it just isn't a good fit. As a blanket statement, pro-lifers aren't concerned at all with the future costs of the child. It is most certainly a moral argument. There are those of us who don't think the federal g-ment should have the ability to take away the right of a woman to choose. But on the same token, we still don't support that personal choice and are not willing to donate funds to assist in executing it.
Quote from Cache Landing:
That is the flaw in your logic. Nobody is forcing her to have a baby. She made a choice and doesn't have the means to alter the consequences of that choice.
You would suggest that if one day I was walking down the street and a pregnant hooker asked me for $ for an abortion, and I didn't give it to her, that somehow I am now responsible for taking care of the child. According to you, I forced her to bring the child into the world.
Surely you can see the flaw in that logic?!?![]()
Quote from OPTIONAL777:
Oh, I understand that pro-lifers aren't concerned with future cost or future quality of life for children born against their mother's will.
I find that inconsistent, that so many of the pro-lifers claim to be Christian, yet they care nothing for the quality of life of the forced born.
If the so called Christians were doing the moral thing, they would make sure a forced birth child were taken care of properly, the way Jesus said to take care of the poor and sick...