I find many arguments presented by several sides of the political spectrum to be patently hypocritical and self-contradictory, myself.
Like, for example, from the extreme religiousity sorts...Abortion is Bad.
As is most murder...
Right. AND...from the same people, the Morning After Pill is bad, and even The Pill is Bad and Condoms are Bad.
I have no problem with contreception. Other than the roman Catholics, I know of no other Christian sect that does. From whence does thou get this mistaken opinion?
Okay. So...the means that PREVENT one from getting to the stage where they'd need an abortion are bad, too?
What's wrong with abstinence?
Come on! Choose. People will have sex, like it or not.
Actions will have consequences, like it or not. Or, alternately, we should allow children under 12 to have sex? Teachers and students? How about the mentally retarded? Alzheimer's patients? People in a persistant vegatative state? The fact is, we have no problem declaring that in some circumstances, sex between certain groups of people is OFF-LIMITS, with varying degrees of consequences that can be prison, loss of job, or both, etc.
They can do it safely, or in an unsafe manner, and are more likely to want an abortion if it's the latter. If the Pill is denied to them or denounced enough through misinformation that they don't use it, they're also more likely to want an abortion. If you want less abortions, stop freaking getting in the way of the effective tools that can prevent people from getting to the point where they're likely to want one!
Refresh my memory - where in the United States to adults have any problems getting condoms or birth control pills?
And another argument, from certain conservative groups. From the same people...Abortion is Bad.
...that is correct...
And...Welfare For Mothers and Children is Bad.
Yes. The applicable commandment is "Thou Shalt Not Steal." Please note there is no weasle out clause, such as "Thou Shalt Not Steal, Unless Thy Has A Majority Vote To Steal, And Callest Thou It "Welfare", or "Progressive Taxation", or "Economic Redistribution". Christians are also admonished to be good citizens - in this country, that means not only fulfilling our citizenly duties, but also attempting to prevent the government from seizing power and authority it does not have. Under the Constitution, where, oh WHERE, is the Government granted the authority to take money from one person, in ordxer to give it to another? Search all you want, but it isn't in there.
Ooookay...So you don't want to pay for Welfare Queen And Her Six Mouths To Feed, BUT...you want to disallow abortion, too. What's the solution, there, then?
Solution One: Keep your legs together, woman.
Solution Two: - Fail to follow Solution One, we put your kid up for adoption and snip your tubes.
Choose, allow abortion, or keep doling out funds to welfare mothers as they keep having more and more kids they didn't want.
You present a false dicotomy.
You're against abortion, you're for taxpayers paying the bill. Simple as that.
I'm for INDIVIDUAL RESPONSABILITY. Simple as THAT.
And from the left, too, not innocent in all this. One solution to welfare mothers has been a suggestion of Norplant implants for welfare recipients as a condition for receiving welfare. BUT...the ACLU fights that as "violating their rights"!
If you are on the government teat., your rights are gone....
End result, ALL sides of the issue are MEDDLING in a way that not only tells people what they can and can't do with their bodies, but ends up causing taxpayers to pay through the nose for an out of control welfare state and a vicious cycle of poverty as unwanted children have unwanted children. This, in turn, drags down everyone, as that sort is, I believe, statistically more likely to end up in the hood/barrio crime cycle that kills cities.
Its this simple, maned - you tax something, you get LESS of it - you subsidize it, you get MORE of it. Guess what welfare does - subsidize the creation of fatherless children already in poverty - so we get more of it.
See why I like LIBERTARIAN viewpoints instead?
"I don' thin you know what that word means..." - Carlos Montoya