Friday, July 10, 2015

If you could reduce Abortions (by reducing the NEED for Abortions) by 42%, why wouldn't you?

So here is a simple question for the anti-abortion activists.  Are you anti-abortion or anti-sex?
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A recent program in Colorado offering teenagers and poor women free pregnancy prevention devices (IUDs and implants) has reduced abortions by 35% - 42% (depending on how you measure) and unplanned pregnancies by 40%.
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Isn't that what we want?!?!  Anti-choice activists want no Abortions and Pro-choice activists often say they want Abortions to be legal, safe and rare.  Here is a way to meet both requirements.
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Summary of details here by the NY Times - LINK.
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Of course, the Republican Men of Colorado's legislature has voted down refunding it.  Despite the fact it saves money (approximately $80 Million in Medicare / Medicaid savings) AND reduces abortions, the old guys of Colorado say no.
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So, it's not about Abortion, is it?  They don't like the idea of women having sex.  If they do, they - like the Bible says - they should deliver life in pain.  You know, because of Eve.
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So it isn't an issue of wanting to reduce Abortion.  It is simply that many anti-abortion activists - and a GREAT majority of legislative activists don't want women to have sex.  And, if they do, they want them to "pay the consequences".  Which is not "Pro Life", it is a anti-female judgemental moral position by a bunch of Old White Male assholes.