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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"I do not believe that just because you're opposed to abortion, that that makes you pro-life. In fact, I think in many cases, your morality is deeply lacking if all you want is a child born but not a child fed, not a child educated, not a child housed. And why would I think that you don't? Because you don't want any tax money to go there. That's not pro-life. That's pro-birth. We need a much broader conversation on what the morality of pro-life is."
Sister Joan Chittister[/quote]

The whole pro-birth argument is stupid. There are laws protecting a child from the minute it is born. There are no laws protecting them from their "mothers" before that. [i]That's [/i]why people are pro-life.[/quote]

Your arguement is stupid if you think all we need to effect real action is laws.  There's actually a name for legal protections without the funding to enforce - an 'unfounded mandates'. Laws are necessary but not sufficient for actual protections. We spend money on children after they are born, but not enough if you actually want to truly support and care for them.

You know what actually works to help prevent abortions? Preventing unwanted pregnancies by supplying low cost, long acting birth control and making sure women can access it. It's also a fiscally smart move as the upfront costs of supplying the birth control are more than offset by the costs that aren't spent on the prevented pregnancies.  But for some reason the focus is on making sure women pay for their irresponsible actions rather than taking the step that both prevents abortions and saves us money over all.

And the biggest irony is that the people who are generally all for punishing women for mistakes claim to be Christians, even though Christ's fundamental purpose is to provide forgiveness and redemption from sin.[/quote]

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