Cognitive dissonance and abortion

Quantum Windbag

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The pro choice and pro abortion crowds love to point out the perceived contradiction between opposing abortion and opposing government interference in private decisions. Do they actually believe that though?

This makes for some rather startling cognitive dissonance. Because if you're opposed to government interference, then Obamacare is the last thing you should want. The law dictates who must buy health insurance (everyone), what "essential benefits" must be covered (regulators are working that out now), how much profit insurers may earn (85 cents of every premium dollar must go to reimbursements), what kinds of policies they may offer (no "mini-meds"), and so on. The law might not hand over ownership of hospitals and insurance companies to the government — but telling them what services to provide and what prices to charge amounts to almost the same thing. Pro-choice activists contend a woman has the right to choose what to do with her own body and the government should not overrule her. This is a very appealing argument — and if you agree with it then it settles the abortion question (so long as you also agree that the fetus is part of the woman's body and not a distinct being with rights of its own).
But not many people agree with it. Not even many abortion-rights advocates agree with it. Take Karen Finney, who recently excoriated "The War on Women" in The Hill. "Here in Washington," she wrote, "we're fighting the 'let women die' provision, which says a doctor can refuse to treat a pregnant woman, even if an abortion is the only way to save her life."

But wait. Allowing a doctor to refuse to treat someone is allowing that doctor to decide what to do with his or her own body. The "let women die" act just as easily could be called the "let doctors decide whom they will treat without government interference" act.


Hinkle: Do abortion-rights activists believe themselves? | Richmond Times-Dispatch
 
Why argue about abortion? Let them kill all the little democrats they want. It actually reduces the prison population that we need to provide for as well.
 

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