Arizona Takes A Big Step Back. WARNING, GRAPHIC!

[HairOfTheDog]

HotD just wants everyone to think she is not straddling the fence even when she is.

You're killing me, Dick. I often straddle the fence and have no reason to hide that fact. I don't swing from one side to the other just to please anyone, but I'm planted straight up the middle on a lot of issues.

On this particular issue, I feel strongly that haulting state tax funding for Planned Parenthood services is a bad long term fiscal decision. It's one of the biggest providers of birth control and the biggest provider of abortions. Remove/weaken a major source of access to birth control and abortion and you will have more unwanted births, which leads to more ill-prepared women (and men) spawning children that will require government assistance.

I agree with you on one point, I don't want to pay for those who use abortion as birth control. My opinion on that has not changed since page 1 of this thread. However, I would rather go ahead and pay for those type of abortions and prevent the birth of unwanted children and the resulting long term cost to taxpayers. That hasn't changed since page 1 of this thread either.

Straddle this, Dick!