THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY

[HairOfTheDog]

I could swear you said you didn't care about inconvenience to women when it comes to abortion. But, but I didn't see that comment when I just read the thread again. If I imagined that or if you changed your mind and edited it out, I'm sorry for stating it here.

I did say that. I think even if PP is de-funded their will still be abortion providers as long as it is legal. Why wouldn't there be? You don't think the abortion doctors would start their own GYN practice without PP? Most GYN doctors don't even accept government funding or Medicaid anyway because it takes so long to get paid from them. As long as there is private insurance to cover women's health care there will also be a provider for self pay abortions. So it won't hurt my feelings if you have to go out of your way to find one. I'm talking about here in America, however. Not in poor countries where kids are eating mud for breakfast.

I missed this post before, sal. I don't expect you to feel for women who want/need abortions and are restricted from that option. But, I'll answer your questions based on what I know to be fact. There's plenty of information easily-available if you want to check it out more yourself.

I know that that there are very few GYNs in many parts of the country who provide abortions in private practice. Some don't because they're religiously or morally opposed to abortion. Some don't because of the violence against abortion providers. Some don't because a lot of the women seeking abortions can't afford to pay out-of-pocket what it would cost to keep the practice profitable. Some don't due to a combination of factors.

Many private insurance companies don't cover abortion, sal. They're banned from doing so in over 10 states, even though abortion is legal. And, a lot of low-income women (in and outside of the ghetto) can't afford comprehensive private insurance anyway.

So....fortunately, some pro-choice doctors who can't/won't perform abortions in private practice lend their services to non-profits like PP, which offers income-based services to its patients.

What's an inconvenience to you is a financial impossibility for thousands of women. That's the point of the political efforts to close the PP clinics; policy makers who object to abortion on moral and religious grounds want to force as many women as possible to birth unwanted children. Those politicians shut down the clinics that also provide birth control and family planning services to prevent unwanted pregnancies.

They believe that such restrictive actions are religiously and/or morally justified. They've been very effective in Texas and other states. The goal of the majority of the Republican Congress is to restrict all women across the country from having abortions by stripping women of the Roe v Wade constitutional right.

Under Trump and Pence, their chances of accomplishing that goal with a new Supreme Court pick are higher than they've ever been. The pro-life/anti-choice movement is justifiably energized. Trump and Pence have pledged to their pro-life supporters to fight for defunding and overturning Roe v Wade.