I know a few leftists who will readily tell you they don't like abortion at all, but feel that it's a woman's choice what happens to her body and if she will be tied to raising a child she may not want for the next at least 18 years. It does no one good for a child to be born to a mother or family who doesn't want them at all. If Christians were truly wanting to lower abortion rates, they'd be helping provide birth control and proper sex Ed to people in a much bigger way. Those are actions that have proven to reduce the actual number of abortions. But Christians don't want to do that. They want to be puritanical and ignore anything to do with actual sex Ed, and they won't support birth control because of the same thinking that sex is bad and any woman who partakes in it should suffer the consequences. This all just means that the unwanted child will suffer in the end, and so does society. Birth control and sex Ed are the proven ways to truly and effectively reduce the number of abortions.
It's mostly devout Catholics that feel that way about birth control. I wouldn't make that a blanket statement about Christians. Many Christians don't like our government making EVERYONE pay for birth control. The government shouldn't be a part of the equation over these matters. Someone that truly believes that sex before marriage is terrible shouldn't be forced to fund the government, albeit indirectly, to make that an easier decision for a teenager. That's wrong.
I've seen people's retort that they don't want to pay for the military with their taxes ... the problem with that argument is that our Constitution calls out for an army and a navy. It doesn't call out for medication for all. Moreover, we shouldn't be taxed by the Feds
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!!.Anyway, those types of debates need to remain in the social realm, not the political. I'm pretty sure that charity (a real one, not one of these "charity in name only" organizations that seem to exist to launder money) could cover birth control needs for millions of people all across the country. Quite frankly, it'd probably be implemented faster, safer, and more effectively if it were handled by a private charity vs the FedGov ... the Feds only want to control people and create problems.
Most leftists are pro life. That is why they have to make up things like "muh wymyn rights" and "muh clump of cells" to convince people that abortion is no big deal.
I know a few leftists who will readily tell you they don't like abortion at all, but feel that it's a woman's choice what happens to her body and if she will be tied to raising a child she may not want for the next at least 18 years. It does no one good for a child to be born to a mother or family who doesn't want them at all. If Christians were truly wanting to lower abortion rates, they'd be helping provide birth control and proper sex Ed to people in a much bigger way. Those are actions that have proven to reduce the actual number of abortions. But Christians don't want to do that. They want to be puritanical and ignore anything to do with actual sex Ed, and they won't support birth control because of the same thinking that sex is bad and any woman who partakes in it should suffer the consequences. This all just means that the unwanted child will suffer in the end, and so does society. Birth control and sex Ed are the proven ways to truly and effectively reduce the number of abortions.
It's mostly devout Catholics that feel that way about birth control. I wouldn't make that a blanket statement about Christians. Many Christians don't like our government making EVERYONE pay for birth control. The government shouldn't be a part of the equation over these matters. Someone that truly believes that sex before marriage is terrible shouldn't be forced to fund the government, albeit indirectly, to make that an easier decision for a teenager. That's wrong.
I've seen people's retort that they don't want to pay for the military with their taxes ... the problem with that argument is that our Constitution calls out for an army and a navy. It doesn't call out for medication for all. Moreover, we shouldn't be taxed by the Feds ! !!.Anyway, those types of debates need to remain in the social realm, not the political. I'm pretty sure that charity (a real one, not one of these "charity in name only" organizations that seem to exist to launder money) could cover birth control needs for millions of people all across the country. Quite frankly, it'd probably be implemented faster, safer, and more effectively if it were handled by a private charity vs the FedGov ... the Feds only want to control people and create problems.
Most leftists are pro life. That is why they have to make up things like "muh wymyn rights" and "muh clump of cells" to convince people that abortion is no big deal.