A thought I had about the whole no government funding of abortions.

[bamacrat]

I may anger some and that is not my objective, I only realized this and thought I would see what was thought by people here.

The Stupak bill seeks to eliminate people from spending their own money on a plan that funds abortion if it is obtained through the exchange set up by the government. Furthermore the current law forbids any government funding to go to plans that provide for abortions.

My question or point is; aren't the people who need government subsidies to buy insurance the same ones who if they had children they couldn't afford or care for the same ones who would be seeking welfare and other government assistance for said children. It seems that if a low income woman feels that she could not afford or care for a child it would be in the governments and tax payers best interest to allow the woman to abort the pregnancy. Not all people who are low income would want this but I would like to see the cost of an abortion in relation to the cost of a person going on welfare from birth to death. Many if not most children born into welfare remain on it throughout their lives due to the lack of options that someone with a little more money has. Such as education, HEALTHCARE or safe living environments.

THis may be a cold look at it but I feel it is a realistic one. I'm not saying that those on welfare should never have been born. I don't feel that way at all, but if a person on the brink of welfare or one who is receiving it did not want to have a baby but due to the lack of funding for things like birth control they are forced to, aren't we just creating a never ending cycle? (run on I know)

If we allowed a woman to choose it may save us a lot of money in the long run. Our law says that those who can afford their own healthcare have the right to choose what happens with their bodies and their lives. But those who can not afford it are subject to a bunch of old white men telling them what is right and wrong.

And putting them up for adoption isn't a viable option. This law would largely affect poor minority women. Our foster care system is overrun with these children. People in America only seem to want to adopt a black child if it from Africa, so I feel that this ould still cost more than allowing a woman the right to choose.

[Symarip]

1. As long as they don't abort Corey Feldman.

I'm fine.