Should abortion be paid for with tax dollars (medicaid)?
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Nope.  Medicaid reform is needed across the country, period.  In some states caid won't pay for a scheduled doctor's visit that would cost $40-60, but they will pay for a $1000 ER visit for the same reason.  Medicaid patients know this and clutter up the ERs just to get a refill on medication.  Abortion issues stir me up, but the root cause of the problem you describe is a clasic case of policy gone wrong.  The people in charge are ultimately politically, not professionally, motivated.\n\nThe end result is what you describe.  I'd rather see Medicaid pay for adoptions.  This would better health of both patients, the mom and the baby.
807051
I believe that's taking it a bit too far. I consider myself to be anti-abortion but at the same time, I realize there are certain cases when abortions should be a choice for the woman just like how the death penalty and divorces should only be reserved for extreme situations. Those cases include rape, incest, performing the operation to save the woman's life, or finding out that the baby will be born so deformed that it'll die in less than a year.\n\nOn the other hand, I don't believe a woman should simply choose to have her own baby killed just because she decided to get drink just a little too much at last night's party or willingly gave in to her boyfriend because "[she] thought he loved [me]." When that happens, I'll have absolutely no respect for her if she chooses to go to one of those alley-way abortion clinics.
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I would have to put a lot of thought behind it.  The thing is the democrats will never put up a prolife democrat for a national office.  I have more that I disagree with the democratic party than just abortion.  Taxation and spending are just two areas.  I don't believe in any form of welfare. All welfare does is make someone dependent on government.  You have to be more careful with democrats because they are willing to violate the constitution where it comes to the constitutional right to firearms.\n\nThe problem the Republican party is the so-called moderates (in actuality liberals), or what we refer to as RINO.  They believe in spending on everything that government has no right to spend money on, will vote for gun control, and are bas\n\nActually, what I might do is write in someone just to make a point.  (even if doesn't mean anything other than staying true to my principles)
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emotionally it will cost you the rest of your life !! It may not be done right,as many are...and you could have scaring which later on will cause you to have a miscarriage or tough time carrying a full term baby....\n Financially...Planned Parenthood (oxymoron !!!) will love to do one for free as they can sell the fetus to labs for experiements,colleges for students to disect (cats,pigs & bunnies.... are considered inhuman now to do ). They make a large profit off a fetus....they can sell the body parts or the whole body....yes BODY as in HUMAN BABY !!!Plus they get grants from the government,which we all pay for,weather we like it or not.\n There are many couples in the USA who would love to adopt an unwanted baby...but due to aborton clinics,the numbers are low,so most end up with an older child.\n You have some serious thinking to do BEFORE you have an abortion...they are not as safe as people would like to think...done wrong & you can bleed to death (since they send you right out after....it's a form of invasion surgery)get a streph infections from poorly sterilized instruments (the warmer climates have a higher rate of it,due to humidity).\n You will always remember no matter what  people say,that YOU alone,choice to kill your baby,everything done during the abortion and wonder what your baby would've looked like or grown up to be. They could've been the one who had the cure to AIDS,HIV,Cancer,etc.\n It is not a Consitution Right as many think...just a ruling from one judge years ago....and the lady who won the case now is trying hard to get the rulling over truned as she has suffered with all the guilt for years....\n Why is it ok for a Mom to have an abortion,yet is it murder if she doesn't seek medical help & the baby dies ???\n  At 5 days after conception the baby had a heartbeat....proving it is a living being...\n  After 4 miscarriages,which take a toll of the body & emotions.I fianlly caried my son for more than 2 months,like the other who didn't make it...detached placenta,from scarring of my uterus.....abortion related.\n I had a premie,13 weeks early....2 weeks before he was born,I was hospitalized due to a leak in the amiotic sack...they wanted me to fly to NY where it's legal to kill a baby at this stage of pregnancy...(they dialte you,then pull the baby down into the birth canal...stick a sharp instrument into its neck,into the brain to kill it,then pull it out the rest of the way,)..I refused....they said it would be born with many major medical problems...a burden on MY life to deal with...and wouldn't feel anything as it wasn't really a baby yet..\n He was born with minor medical problems he overcame...felt every needle they stuck him with,smiled,cooed,moved and everything a full term  baby does..he wasn't fully developed in some ways,but within 2 weeks,as we watched ,he developed before our eyes..\n Now a healthy,smart,happy ,kind 10 year old....who's touched many lives & hearts....can't imagine life without him...
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To help someone in a time of need is a lot different than the liberal point of view.\n The liberal plan does not encourage the recipient to stop taking "charity",but to keep on taking it. That is why we have generation after generation on welfare.\n Abortions are going to happen,either naturally or medically. I think both sides of the issue should sit down to work out some sort of compromise to allow medical abortions for legitimate reasons,not on demand.\n  A woman who needs an abortion should be able to get one that is safe and would allow her to have children later if circumstances allow it.
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What the crap? You think someone is holding back the cure for those diseases so the government can make more money. You are an idiot! It's my prediction that when there is a cure for aids and cancer, then that's when the world will end. \n\nI do agree with you about abortion. It is wrong. So is stem cell research. It's all wrong. Bottom line.
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while you are speaking one thing...voting on individual issues...I am hearing another issue...money.  Take from the rich and give to the poor.  yadayada.  I vote on an issue as well.  I almost always vote republican, because I could never vote for someone who can endorse killing innocent life.  Yes, abortion is my key issue.  I'm really not worried about the money thing and poor me.  If I want to be rich and well, I do, then it's up to me and no one else to get the job done.  If you are really that concerned about money, those of you who are, then quit whining and do something about it.  You have just as much right in this country as anyone else to make your fortune.  Study, learn from people who came out of poverty to be self made millionaires.  It's doesn't need to be a question of eating verses saving.  That's just making excuses.  And no, I'm no where near rich.  As a matter of fact, my husband just got layed off.  Fortunately, we are making our own way and not counting on any government agency to do it for us with hand outs.  We are a democracy here.  If someone earns it, then it should be theirs to keep.  Distribution of wealty my eye.  If you were the one with the wealth I have a feeling you would not be agreeing with your own words.  \nEveryone votes on some type of issue.  Whether it be money, abortion, or safety.
702785
I really think the issue of abortion should have no place in\npolitics. It's a personal moral decision of each individual woman.
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The state will pay if child support is requested.
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I believe that it's biologically necessary- having a child strains the mother's body and resources. Carrying a fetus to term is a HUGE investment. If I would make that sort of investment, I want it to be at the best possible time. \nI cannot ask less of anyone else (treating others as I would wish to be treated).\n\nSometimes, often, accidents happen. \n\nThe Pill causes side effects which make some women unable or unwilling to use it. The IUD is not for everyone, either. Sometimes both forms are too expensive, unavailable, or fail.\n\nReality is highly subjective, so a woman should be able to legally, safely, and affordably terminate a pregnancy at any time. I am sure that those who abort late term have very good reasons... \n\nI believe that every child should be a wanted child. When the orphanages are empty and child services has nothing to do-- then maybe it would be time to reevaluate my prochoice views :-)\n\nUltimately, I believe that sex is private and that the Government should stay out of our bedrooms. So should religion. To others and the public, it should be a matter of public health. Public health is preventing STDs, providing prenatal care, and the general health of the existing citizens. \n\nAbortion is a private matter which, if anything, should belong as a legal option as a part of the reproductive health aspect of Public Health (just as much as choosing to get a prescription for The Pill is an option).\n\nWho is anyone to judge- especially those religions like Christianity whose prophet/savior spoke those words?
718271
No. I think if they are on welfare, there must be a reason why they are on it. If they are on the system, they should do whatever it takes to get out of it. I would really like to see my tax dollars being used for people who accualy need to be on welfare as oppose to ppl who take advantage of it.
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Frankly, I think that free birth control should be a constitutionally guaranteed right, so yes, Medicare should cover birth control.\n\nSadly, the religious right is stuck in the dark ages and thinks that birth control is bad. Religion has a vested interest in having more babies around, as they usually grow up to join the church.\n\nLogically it doesn't make any sense, but that hasn't stopped them from getting their way for two-thousand years.
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You make a good point. It is not at all obvious that a technical medical training guarantees a solidly thought out ethical stance on any issue. This seems especially true when the scientists and doctors involved have a vested interest in this research going forward (billions in federal grant money, and much more in biomedical patents). \n\nI read recently that there is an ethically less problematic process called ANT that can make stem cells without killing developing human beings. (see link) \n\nThese claims have been raised by other answers:\nCLAIM 1. Sections 5, 6, 6a protect against unethical practices.\nMY RESPONSE: If you were poor and I offered you $50,000 for your liver, would you "voluntarily" give it to me? Section 17 authorizes the following to be paid to a "voluntary donor:" "consideration (money) paid to a donor of human eggs or sperm by a fertilization clinic or sperm bank, as well as any other consideration expressly allowed by federal law." In other words, women will be paid for their eggs by a feltility clinic. These eggs will then be sold to researchers. This is the issue that feminists and many African American leaders have with Amendment 2. See link 2 below. \n\nCLAIM 2: this amendment bans cloning or attempted cloning, so what's the problem? \nMY RESPONSE: the amendment defines "cloning" in Section 6.2 as "to implant in a uterus or attempt to implant in a uterus anything other than the product of fertilization of an egg of a human female by a sperm of a human male for the purpose of initiating a pregnancy that could result in the creation of a human fetus, or the birth of a human being." \nThis means that you can clone all that you want, as long as you don't let the clone grow up. It enshrines in the constitution the requirement that these embryos be killed. Also, a group of 300 lawyers has pointed out that this doesn't necessarily mean that you can't implant the embryo for some other purpose than the creation of a human fetus. For an expert analysis of this issue, see link 3. \n\nFor these reasons, I am not comfortable "taking Mr. Danforth's word for it" that Amendment 2 is good for Missouri.
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I agree...but if you were mooching off the system and taking advantage of healthcare, etc. without paying for it, wouldn't you be against making it a felony, too?
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You are right, if pro-lifers are going to preach that fertilized eggs are living humans, then they should treat and value them as such. Therefore, if possible, I'd save the 1,000 fertilized eggs.\n\nHowever, I'm sure I'd receive a lot of heat from the media, and pro-choicers. The decision to save the 1,000 fertilized eggs over a child would definitely anger them.
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I think should be a CHOICE.  I am not for using abortion as birth control, but if there are other factors involved I think it should be up to the woman.
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I guess I sit on the fence on this issue.  On one hand, if abortion wasn't legal, there would be many deaths by "coat hanger" abortions, yet I know someone personally who has had 13 abortions, which I think is neglegence.  I also know someone who has had 10 children, half of which died from "crib death", most of the other half was taken from the state due to the mom being an alchoholic.  I guess there will always be those who abuse the system and use abortion as birth control, but I also personally know people who have had children that they never wanted, and treated them well and some who have not treated them so good.\nI guess there really is no specific "title" for my belief, cause if my 12yo was raped I would definately want her to have the pill that guarantees she would not be pregnant.  But an adult that goes out and has unprotected sex?  What right does she have to be so carefree to create a life then extinguish it because it is not convenient to her?  I think abortion should be legal but there should be some stricter guidlelines, and make other options available like adoption, and this abortion that takes the lives of fully formed babies....by cutting it's spinal cord that leads to the brain?  Are u kidding me?  Do we really condone taking the life of a fully formed being no matter how small?\nThere still leaves the many depraved people who get pregnant that are junkies or alchoholics that are ignorant enuff to give birth to the many babies that have to struggle for the rest of their lives because of the ignorance of their birth mothers.\nHow can anyone choose one side or the other, there are so many extenuating circumstances that this cannot be a black or white answer.  How many children have u seen that u think "this child should never have been born"?  None in my life, all children that I have come in contact with, from "normal" to "totally inept", have made a mark in my life.  Who would I be to say....."u should never have been born"?  All human life is worth living........I guess it all comes down to what we value as considered "worth living"