…Yes?
I just love this argument. Do you know what a false dichotomy is? I’m going to let you in on a little secret; it’s not a question of subsidizing one or the other. Just because you face an unplanned pregnancy doesn’t mean you’re going to end up on welfare. Anyway, just for shit’s and giggle’s, have you looked at the number of welfare recipients per state and compared that to the population of said state? If you had, you’d notice something odd. Generally speaking, Democratic/liberal states have a greater percentage of their population living off of welfare than do their Republican/conservative counterparts. For example, last I saw, California which houses about 13 - 16% of the U.S. population makes up about 50’ish% of all welfare recipients. Go figure. Liberalism run amok.
You know what I’ve found interesting about this forum? When you guys run out of meaningful arguments-- assuming you ever had one to begin with-- then you rely on faux wit. But I’ll bite.
What about Catholic Charities, run by the Catholic Church, which is the fifth largest charity in the U.S.? What about the Salvation Army, which is an evangelical organization, which is the 7th largest charity in the U.S.? What about the Adventist Health System, which is run by the 7th Day Adventists? What about Heartbeat International, CareNet, and the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates which service about 2M women per year? What about the plethora of local pro-life groups who offer free housing and free baby supplies? What about all those Conservative Christian churches who go out every week and provide food to the poor? Or are you going to continue to wear your rose colored glasses?
Anyway, let’s get down to the nitty gritty. It’s really Democrats/liberals who don’t much of care about those who are born. Sure, they like to advocate for all these nifty social programs that society can’t afford, but that’s easy to do when the cost of said programs tend to fall on someone else rather than yourself. You see, both in total dollars and as a percentage of their income, Republicans/conservatives tend to pay more in taxes than do Democrats/liberals. So when taxes go up as a result of increasing government spending on social programs, you don’t feel is as much as the other guy, yet when the other guy complains about it, you feel the need to mock him for it and tell him he doesn’t care about those born, even if he’s, on average, more generous than you (that is, he donates more of his income to charity and volunteers more often than you do). The liberal mindset is funny. Maybe one day I’ll seek to understand it (or my head will assplode trying).
(not caring about women)
I guarantee you can’t cite this, namely because it’s untrue. But humor me.
It doesn’t matter how many times this is said, it’s still false. It’s actually rather simple. Let me give you an example. Let’s say I have $3 and I’m going to use that $3 to buy me something to eat (no candy). You give me another $5 to buy food with, but you tell me that I can’t use that money on candy. I use the $5 you give me to buy food and the $3 I would have spent on food had you not given me any money to buy candy. Did I spend your money on candy? No. Did your money allow me to buy candy? Yes. It’s the same deal with PP and abortions. If Planned Parenthood is performing abortions, any money given to them facilitates their ability to do so in some way.
I hope you realize that Obama is trying to invigorate a core part of his base, because God knows with the economy the way it is he needs something to hang his hat on.
You were the one who insinuated that women can’t get low-cost contraceptives without Planned Parenthood. An assertion, mind you, which is patently absurd and downright laughable.
Services which aren’t exactly exclusive to Planned Parenthood.