With all the Women's Health Clinics being closed in Red States, I say we give Planned Parenthood $500 Billion so they can open clinics at every state line and mobile clinics that make trips to high schools and junior colleges delivering crates of Plan B.
I'm for drive-thu abortion clinics.
I believe this is a conservative stance. If we can not feed a child, provide proper care, and if we don't have enough jobs for 8% of our population -- why would we bring more children into the world?
Conservatism means safe and sensible. Logical economics. Allowing poor women to terminate their pregnancy makes conservative sense.
The belief that every baby should just be born and we'll figure out how to care for them and maintain them for a lifetime is a fantasy -- which, IMO, is liberal overly compassionate thinking. Every life is sacred is liberal thinking -- not mature grown up conservatism.
Dear Hazlnut:
None of what you said holds the men accountable who are half responsible for the pregnancy. Until we address the sexual abuse and relationship abuse that is both people's responsibility in having sex without ability and agreement to support children if pregnancy occurs as a result, you can argue in circles about the consequences in terms of women and babies after the fact, and never address or solve the CAUSE of the problem.
As long as the focus is on the women, the policies and laws are going to be biased and you will always have political conflict.
The solutions have to come from the private sector, and thus remain OUTSIDE GOVT.
That IS a more CONSERVATIVE approach to keep government and politics out of it.