What difference does that make? Where exactly does your money go? I pay my taxes like (most) everyone) else. Money goes to plenty of things I don't agree with. But, social contract. Your twisting yourself to make excuses for supporting a practice that YOU admit you abhor. It's heinous, and it happens every day countless times. Your argument is bull****. Are we only supposed to support or not support an issue based on how much we may or may not benefit financially? Do you enjoy the extra money you apparently think you get for all the babies that are killed in America? Does that make your occasional trip to Sizzler all the more sweet?
I would hope you pay your taxes. My point with the question is to point out that the people who scream the loudest about outlawing abortion and how we must preserve the sanctity of life scream equally as loud about the need to cut welfare programs that would go toward providing for those babies who were saved from abortion. The "save the babies" crowd usually goes away once the baby actually is birthed and quickly turns into the "get a job" crowd.
What I want is no abortion, but I also am not so full of myself as to tell a woman in a situation I couldn't fathom what she should do. I'd rather abortions be legal and safe than to be done in some garage where the mother dies as well. I also know that legalized abortions don't equal mandatory abortions, which some bumper stickers would have you believe.
This isn't some twisting of myself to accommodate a position, it's understanding that this world is drawn in shades of gray and the answer isn't as simple as "ban it all and arrest those who try!"
1) Let's make sex ed in schools comprehensive and include contraception education. Enough of this abstinence only.
1b) Make contraceptives freely available. Free condoms at schools. Birth control should be easy to obtain for those under 18 and dispenses in supplies of more than three months.
2) Incentivize adoptions for adoptive parents. It costs thousands of dollars to go through the adoption process. Prospective parents should be able to be reimbursed for the cost of adoptions or receive grants if they can't afford the upfront costs (all contingent upon passing a rigorous background check which would require full repayment of grant money if parents fail the checks).
3) Social welfare programs are expanded to help women with the cost of a child with education programs available to help get women into work. Contingent on staying clean and actually following through with the education program and seeking a job.
4) Keep abortion legal for rape/incest or to save the life of a mother.
