I don't understand you! It doesn't cost as much to have an abortion, as it does for the government to raise that child on welfare. Young women have been made to feel so guilty about having an abortion. So many of these young woomen, don't work and have no way to take care of themselves or a child. Are you willing to raise one of these children? You should be. You want them to come into this world, without anyone to care for them. Therefore, each of you, who feel this way, should be supporting one of these children and making sure they have a good home and a good education. Then they wouldn't be a burden on anyone and the children, might have a chance at a better life. Are you willing to do that? If your answer is no, then you have no right to force women to have children.

To Nancy: You're on shaky ground if cost is your decision criterion as to who lives and who dies.

What if we applied your criterion to the other end of the life cycle? Surely it costs more to keep sick Grandma alive than to pull the plug.

Or how about applying your criterion to, say, disabled people? Surely it costs more to keep an autistic person alive than to just deep-six him/her.

Every once in a while you read about a mother who kills off her family because she can't afford to raise them, or because she doesn't want them to grow up in a bad world. This "logic" is not very far removed from this newly-promoted "God-given right" to abort.

Keep your libby BS! Republican congress personal had abortion on their government provided insurance for years and did nothing to cut it out.
Seems they can spend our tax dollars when it comes to their needs.

The bottom line is the Hyde bill already prevents the use of tax dollars for abortions. This is more hype and distraction to cloud the issue.

Every animal makes choices to survive. From the cat that refuses to feed the runt in her litter to the elk that leaves its doe behind when there is no food to be had. Abortion is ugly but nature is also. Man(humans) has always made these hard choices, abortion has just made it easier.


The problem I have with the folks here fighting for life, is these are the same folks who will scream about welfare, these are the same folks who will promote the death penalty. They want them when they are not born, then refuse to help after they are born. Maybe if we listen to these same folks pushing for more welfare and health care for all, I would take what they state a little more seriously.

Here's a simple question, if Republicans are against abortion, why didn't they do something about it when they had the white house and the congress a few years back?

Here's another simple one, if Republicans are against abortion and they are against birth control. They are also against sex ed in schools teaching real birth control. I say they are clueless on the subject, and I have proof they are!
Every time we elect a REPUBLICAN the number of abortions goes up!And RED STATES have the most. Seems a little sex ed can go along way! Take the high school in Ohio a few years ago, they dropped all birth control from sex ed, they had the kids sign agreements to wait till they are married to have sex. Within 6 months 30% of the schools females were pregnant.
Look at Palin she cut sex ed in her state, looks like God bit*ch slapped her for it!
Like a lot of thing its better to not listen to the REPUBLICANS because like a lot of things they are just wrong.

To Nancy:Are you willing to raise one of these children? You should be. You want them to come into this world, without anyone to care for them.

Obviously you don't know many pro-lifers-many have adopted. A lot of them have adopted children who have been in the system along time.
Here's an idea- instead of subsidizing planned parenthood & aborion- why don't we make adoption easier & less expensive? Why don't we lower the number of years dysfunction parents have to get their act together, so that children won't be stuck in the system for years- then they can be adopted at a younger age. Most pro-lifers back up their positions. That adages that we "only like babies until they are born" is bunk. We just don't think the "government" is the best place to take care of these children. Most of us large amounts of time & money to charity(personal). We don't expect that the government which messes up everything it gets it's hands on will handle anything.

Cjanis. FYI a female elk is called a cow not a doe.

Nancy, what exactly are you doing to make this a better world? Where is your resonsibility to your fellow humans? In other words, if I didn't want them here, I am not responsible for them? That's rich. Nancy,I don't want you here and I think you should go away.

I shouldn't have had to pay for the war in Iraq with MY TAX DOLLARS but I do. I also shouldn't have to pay for tax cuts for the rich, bail-outs for major corporations, vouchers for private schools, or a bridge to nowhere. What if everyone just decided they should pay taxes based on what they agree with? Sorry, that's not how it works, though it would make for an interesting economy!

The author would also have us believe that the first trimester is some sort of God given, pre-ordained waiting period to get your money and plans together for your abortion appointment. Ludicrous!!!!!

So the woman who is raped made a "choice" and should be forced to carry the child. The 13 yr old who is a victim of incest made a "choice" and should be forced to carry the child. The woman who's child would die at birth made a "choice" and should be forced to endure that pain. You are an idiot.

Once again it would help if you knew what you were posting about. The health care bill dosen't give coverage to all. But lets play along with your false statement.
The answer is you already pay for every uninsured person, you pay with sky rocketing insurance costs, with high cost of doctors visits and hospital cost. You pay every time one of these folks goes to the ER for a head cold. The real question is do you want to pay now a small sum by providing insurance for all, or pay latter a large sum for crappy system that the price keeps going up. And do you think its fair that Insurance CEOs made millions, some even billions? Do you think its right for these insurance companies to have a 35% operating cost while medicare has a 5% operating cost, there's where all the money is going.

Fair tax is any thing but fair! Please look at our tax rates over the last 100 years? The reason we are in such a hole is the rate is already far to low for the rich. Why are you folks so worried about the top 6%? they don't care if they pay more if it means a good economy, they make far more. Repeal the Bush tax cuts now! Start taxing at the rate under Reagan and watch the national debt vanish.

That's how I view it. Duh, we have technology to understand these things. We aren't living in the STONE AGE anymore..sheesh