05-05-2012, 12:43 PM
Not sure how I feel about this one. I'm okay with birth control being covered by health care insurance/providers. Better not to have more children born to those who don't want them or can't care for them properly; that's much more costly to the public.
However, while I completely support a woman's right to choose, I'm not sure that I want my tax dollars paying for abortions except in cases of non-consensual sex resulting in pregnancy. If a woman chooses to have sex without using birth control and gets pregnant, it's her responsibility, not mine. Having said that, if the pregnancy is unwanted and the woman has no means to support the child and can't afford an abortion, we're back to more neglected children and more tax payer dollars going towards that problem for a much longer duration than simply funding the abortion. Torn.
Planned parenthood does much more than facilitate abortions and some of their programs merit tax-payer funding, imo, regardless of the abortion issue. Too bad it's all nothing for some states. Wish they could fund some of the health and preventative services at least, and then simply audit periodically to ensure that the tax payer funds were used as intended.
However, while I completely support a woman's right to choose, I'm not sure that I want my tax dollars paying for abortions except in cases of non-consensual sex resulting in pregnancy. If a woman chooses to have sex without using birth control and gets pregnant, it's her responsibility, not mine. Having said that, if the pregnancy is unwanted and the woman has no means to support the child and can't afford an abortion, we're back to more neglected children and more tax payer dollars going towards that problem for a much longer duration than simply funding the abortion. Torn.
Planned parenthood does much more than facilitate abortions and some of their programs merit tax-payer funding, imo, regardless of the abortion issue. Too bad it's all nothing for some states. Wish they could fund some of the health and preventative services at least, and then simply audit periodically to ensure that the tax payer funds were used as intended.