Why do the Republicans want to outlaw abortions, but don't care if children have health care?
They must insist on every fetus go full term, but once the child is born they veto SCHIP so the child won't have any health care. I guess they expect newborns to go get jobs. So the child has to be born, but after that it's on it's own? We'll force you to cary the pregnancy out, but then the child better get a job because we're not paying for it? Doesn't make sense to me, all this compassion for unborn fetuses and absolutely none for children.
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The must want more unhealthy babies.
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make up anything you want.
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So, you're saying government sponsored health care is going to lower abortion rates? That's strange, because I understood that roughly 93% of abortions were done as late-term birth control, mostly because the parents didn't want to have to take care of their kids (it is a lot of work, after all). I don't see how government sponsored health care removes the obligation to take care of your kids, and so I don't see how it will lower abortion rates. It's not that Republicans hate kids and want them to be sick. We'd prefer all parents be capable of getting their own health insurance and keep moving up in the world. If the government does it for you, it becomes your crutch. Then there's no incentive to move forward, and it's not exactly quality living to be stuck to the government's umbilical cord.
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Conservatives have principles. The most important being freedom. We believe that people have the freedom to live without being murdered (abortion). We also believe that people should have the freedom to keep their own money, and not be forced at gun point to give their money to another citizen (SCHIP and other programs). See? Consistent positions based on the principle of individual liberty and freedom.
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nope, it's just the religious right is all for punishing ANYONE who doesn't conform to their specific idea of what is moral, but won't support anybody any of those lives they force to be born.
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It's a question for the ages. I've never gotten a single one of them to answer that question. They expect to be allowed to force a woman to give birth - because they believe it's their right to make that choice for her - but they don't think they then have any obligation to ensure that child is cared for properly. It's not okay to terminate a pregnancy, but it's totally okay with them if a child is sleeping on a subway vent in New York tonight just to try to keep warm because there isn't enough funding of social programs to make sure that he or she has a bed to sleep in. They're not pro-life, they're pro-fetus.
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oh i totally agree. my favorite is they are willing to give health care to illegal immigrants who have thier kids here. i pay taxes and i pay insurance and premium but i dont get any assistance. though i am prochoice (that movie if these walls could talk did me in with demi moore and the wire hangers) if i were to pay the medical bills just to have a baby would be over 10,000 i could go on and on but our children are our future and they need to be healthy
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Same reason Dems want to make me pay for a kid I didn't make, don't care about and yet they will butcher millions in the name of females rights. Well, IMHO, a woman chooses to have sex with me, let her support the results and stop begging for support etc.
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The equal protection of life is a Constitutionally worthy cause. However, nowhere in the Constitution does it discuss universal health care.
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Oh lord, I can't believe I'd ever defend GW! But there was A LOT of "pork" in that bill. Meaning that the money wasn't just for health care for kids, but for various "pet" projects as well.
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they make more money when they die in war.
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That is a salacious statement and patently untrue. We just don't think 21 year olds qualify as children and children of parents that make 80,000 a year qualify.
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It is a dichotomy. Basically, as we see with the Iraq occupation, neo-cons like to enforce rules, yet do not like to sacrifice anything for the very rules they wish to enforce. They always quote the slogan "freedom isn't free". Yet, they do not personally give up any comforts for this so-called, costly freedom. As we see, they have no reservations with borrowing and spending hundreds of billions of dollars from this nation's children. If it takes more than sticking a ribbon somewhere, forget about it.
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We do care if children have health care. We also care that it's children that actually need it, and preferably without the biggest tax hike in United States history to pay for it. The Democratic version of "poor" is anyone who makes up to 80,000 dollars a year. That's extended well into the middle class, who should darn well be paying for their own insurance already, and is unfair to whom the program was meant for. The Democratic definition of "child" is anyone up to the age of 25. The last time I checked, anyone over 18 was an adult, who should be responsible for themselves. If the Democrats would stop peddling their funny definitions into the Schip bill and trying to piggyback socialism, Bush would have passed it a long time ago. Why do THEY choose to play politics with children?
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Because they're Republicans. That's like asking why a retard is slow .....
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Because they only care about the fetuses and the zygotes. Once they'e born to unwanting mothers, Cons reject them because that means they'd need welfare. Hypocricy everytime!
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they only carry about "unborn" babies.... once they're born it's OK for them to go through life with know health insurance and OK for them to die in unjust wars in places far far away
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We do care about children having health care. We work to make sure OUR children have health care. I didn't sleep with your wife so your kids are not mine so I AM NOT GOING TO BUY THEM HEALTH CARE Don't have kids if YOU can't afford to make sure they are healthy and have insurance...
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I suppose they could have both, but that would mean deporting illegals and that we would have to stop paying for all the illegals medical bills first. Then we could take care of our own people, but for some reason the Democrats don't want the illegals (aka Criminals) to be harmed. just think how much more money we would have if we were not paying for the health care and education of these criminals.
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And what "episode" of CNN News did you get that silly statement from??
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We simply believe the choice to become a parent (or not)should take place before pregnancy. It's really not all that complicated if you view individuals responsible for their own actions. I've never had insurance for my son and he has never been denied healthcare. Just thought I'd throw that in for the bleeders.
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SCHIP was passed with bipartisan support. The EXPANSION of the program to 25 year olds whose family makes $80K a year was vetoed. Try again.
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If the conservatives believe that they should keep their own money, then how in the hell do you propose we pay for the necessities in this country? Why don't you people tell the truth? You want to choose where your tax dollars go, and helping the needy is not an option to you but corporate welfare is just great. Admit it, it is all about money with you.
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You have it wrong. Most of us don't have a problem with abortion, we just don't want tax dollars to pay for it.
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Well we see how misinformed Pfo is, when he thinks late term abortions make up 93% of all abortions. Stretching it as far as possible and making the claim that a late term abortion is any abortion after 13 weeks, when in reality late term is defined after 20, and some sources define it after 16 weeks; still abortions occuring after 13 weeks only make up at most 12% of all abortions, and that is including emergency partial birth abortions. 54% make up abortions prior to 8 weeks or less, and 20% make up 8-10 week abortions. 12% make up 11-12 week abortions. and of course these are estimates dropping the decimal so don't start crying about it doesn't even make up 100%! Most hospitals and clinics will not even perform abortions after the 16th week. They have their own policies against it. Making abortion illegal will drop it right into the hands of organized crime, prevent it from being regualted from any "in-house" policies or laws.
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