Public Funding for Abortion
Apparently, both Obama and John Edwards support funding abortions through universal healthcare.
Now considering how much of a hot topic even ALLOWING abortions is; do either of these guys actually think that they can win their parties nomination by saying that taxpayers must pay for a procedure that about half of the country is against anyway?!?
And even if you're pro-choice, do you actually believe that abortions should be publicly funded?!? 🤨
Unless there are extenuating circumstances that would damage the mother if she is forced to bear a child 9 months (rape victim, medical complications) the surgery should be covered in the same vein as other optional surgery, ie, individual pays.
Its nice that the American reaction to a fully private system is to just make it all gvernment paid for. Go leftists and their authoritarian tyrrany.
Re: Public Funding for Abortion
Originally posted by Grimm22
And even if you're pro-choice, do you actually believe that abortions should be publicly funded?!? 🤨
Conservatives b*tch about abortion, and then b*tch about welfare.
Abortions should certainly have public funding if the state is going to have to pay for the child. If you want the stop the public funding of abortions, figure out a way to deal with the kids.
Re: Public Funding for Abortion
im so sick of nitpicky nonesense on both sides. why include this in the proposal? its like they dont want it to be passed and would rather tie the issue up with this dimwittery. i think it should be stricken simply because an abortion, when not in the case of medical emergency, is not a medical necessity.
it often seems like there's a mutual and understanded effort between both parties to get nothing done. everything has to be an absolutist policy and nobody wavers. just chest beating and finger pointing. while this happens thousands per year in the u.s. die for lack of healthcare and dont get me started on everyone dying in iraq.
anything paid for by taxes is essentially something being done at gunpoint by the government
So, yes, I feel that by force the government should be able to take my money so that people don't die. However, if people are not personally responsable after they are ensured that life, I don't think that I should be forced at gunpoint by the government to pay for them.
And I agree with the opinions above about this being a suicidal and idiotic attachment to any medical bill in America. It really is asking for the whole plan to fail. If American's want a workable and accessable health care system, radical and sweeping moral changes are not going to help, and neither is the government just assuming the controls of the sector.
Originally posted by Fishy
Only if there is a medical necessity or medical advantage to be gained from a nose job.
thats how i feel about abortion. i dont think it should be unaffordable, and would support a reasonable co-pay system where the patient is taxed substantially, assuming the procedure lack necessity. i also feel this way about medical procedures not of medical necessity. pregnancy is not an affliction and in most cases is not a health crisis.
what i also hope they focus strongly on is dental and eye care. unfortunately in america, the abilities to chew food and to see properly are considered luxuries.