Comments on: Symptom of the Disease: Federal funding of abortion (5)

By: skepticalcynic

skepticalcynic — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:00:53 +0000

Look at that pic in the home page featured section. Really, really look at it. If that ain't human…….neither are you and me.

By: skepticalcynic

skepticalcynic — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:20:57 +0000

I've written on this subject on this blog before. I MUST ADMIT, if I was to sit here and REALLY think about that my country is LEGALLY killing babies, and I REALLY AND TRULY think that its murder, there really isn't any TRUTHFUL reason for me to just sit here and cry about it and do NOTHING. I mean the LEAST would be to move. Or take a more action based role. Thats why I have a REAL PROBLEM trying to figure out where I stand when an abortion doctor becomes a casualty. I'm sorry, but thats the truth.

If you walk by a house, where you KNOW murder is going on every single day, and you KNOW the government is ok with it, what do you do? Really. What does one do? I mean isn't that what people rag at so many Germans for? If you believe abortion is murder isn't it essentially the same thing? I don't know….I'm really torn and feeling some guilt here……

By: Steve McGough

Steve McGough — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:32:20 +0000

Sometimes doing the right thing is not easy or simple. I'll use extremes in discussing the abortion point. If Connecticut provided taxpayer funded abortions with no limitations, and Rhode Island ensured zero tax dollars were used to promote or provide abortions, those living in that area who did not want their tax dollars funding abortion would be able to make a choice. When federal dollars are used, there is no choice, other than leaving the country.

It's NOT just about abortion. I know at least two people who I directly work with who made significant moves out of the northeast (neither easy or simple to do) to get out of Connecticut.

By: sammy22

sammy22 — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:09:22 +0000

@Steve-I don't see simplicity in what you wrote above. Where are all the people who morally object to abortion going? Moving from where your roots are is still a bit more complicated than what you seem to suggest.

By: Steve McGough

Steve McGough — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:14:15 +0000

It's not just moving out of state due to the state's abortion legislation, it can be for many other reasons including education, taxes, and entitlement programs. Families and individuals make the decision to move to a different state for many reasons including but certainly not limited to economics.

Maybe you want a state that provides government funded education. Maybe another state does not provide government funded education. Maybe you want health care, maybe you don't. Think of the fantastic opportunity for competition between the states!

If you morally object to abortion, how would you feel if you knew tax dollars were going to directly fund abortion procedures? There's no middle ground there, if you have the opportunity to move, you move. THAT is why the federal government should NEVER be funding abortion. Simple as that.

By: sammy22

sammy22 — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:38:17 +0000

I think the suggestion of moving out of state, if dissatisfied, is simplistic. People have jobs, houses, children, parents, spouses who are pro-choice etc. Then what happens when there are no states to go to? I don't think even Jim would be ready to leave his job.

I am not in favor of public funding for abortion, but I am pro-choice (a very hard choice to make for SURE).