Thread: GOP Tearing at Minor Issues to Attract Fringe

I am absolutely in favor of a woman having the freedom to choose an abortion if she sees fit. I am also absolutely in favor of severing federal funding for abortions.

Believe it or not, it's actuall possible to educate people on birth control without also providing abortion services.

If a woman elects to have an abortion, that's fine; that should be her right. But she should be willing and able to pay for it...

I've not said anything other than what you post. This is from CNN, about those agencies that provide pre-natal care, birth control information, help for un-wed mothers and other help, but also provide for abortion advice and referring to doctors. It is also just another politico using a wedge issue to gain the attention of the far-right.

And to do this when they should be working on jobs, the economy and actually working to change those things in the health care law that they see as a problem. Not these fringe issues and spending time and money reading part of the Constitution, and playing games in the House about doing the impossible task of repealing health care, even those parts they have wanted for years.

It's possible to provide a myriad of services without providing taxpayer funded abortions. All these organizations have to do is stop providing abortions, and they can get their federal funding. I am absolutely in favor of that.

I'm also in favor of women having access to abortions if that's their choice. But there's simply no reasonable argument as to why taxpayers should foot the bill...

I will go back to "W"s administration for this issue. Under "W", we stopped money from going to agencies in 3rd world countries, because the agencies were teaching birth control other than abstinence. The end result was more unwanted pregnancies and children that families could not feed.

This is just another example of that. I think that we all agree that abortions is the worst of all choices. Birth control is far, far better. So why under or not funding of those agencies that provide this service, along with pre-natal care, and advice about all of the possible choices, including informed abortion?

please provide us with the source and amount of tax payers dollars providing abortions.
only private insurance will cover this, if you have that type of coverage.

Originally Posted by ConLib

I will go back to "W"s administration for this issue.

Of course you will, because you'd probably lose sleep if you weren't able to bitch about Bush...

This is just another example of that. I think that we all agree that abortions is the worst of all choices. Birth control is far, far better. So why under or not funding of those agencies that provide this service, along with pre-natal care, and advice about all of the possible choices, including informed abortion?

I don't have a problem with federal funding for agencies which counsel on abortion and other options. Any agency which provides them, though, and receives federal funding, should be cut off...

so shoudld pro-life counselors

Originally Posted by Moonglow

so shoudld pro-life counselors

So shoudld [sic] they what?

Originally Posted by Steve

So shoudld [sic] they what?

Have, their funds cut off or ended.

Originally Posted by Moonglow

Have, their funds cut off or ended.

Why?

Would you also cut off all federal funding for all other forms of reproductive counseling, as well?

Originally Posted by Steve

Why?

Would you also cut off all federal funding for all other forms of reproductive counseling, as well?

why not. i don't think people are so dumb they can't figure it out for themselves.

Originally Posted by Moonglow

why not. i don't think people are so dumb they can't figure it out for themselves.

Cutting it all off works for me, as well...

Originally Posted by Steve

It's possible to provide a myriad of services without providing taxpayer funded abortions. All these organizations have to do is stop providing abortions, and they can get their federal funding. I am absolutely in favor of that.

I'm also in favor of women having access to abortions if that's their choice. But there's simply no reasonable argument as to why taxpayers should foot the bill...

I can't think of any reasonable argument why they should NOT.

EVERY pregnancy threatens a woman's life, ask any doctor

If a woman wants to have almost any other operation to head off a crisis which threatens her life then public assistance will cover it. How is abortion different?