You know this is just going to lead to more back alley abortions, right?
Some people want go back to those dark days where some women would die in those back alleys or have serious medical complications...
The whole "back alley" line is like saying we should legalize rape because then it would occur out in the open where the public would eventually intervene, rather than making it illegal so it is done in more concealed places. The problem with this line of argument is that it assumes that the action performed (abortion, rape, etc.) is inherently good or at least unavoidable. I don't believe that abortion is good or unavoidable (in a situation where it is illegal, I believe that everyone is capable of following the law), and the harder it is to get an abortion, the less abortions occur. While I get those who are really adamant will go to the back alley, those who are on the fence, or those who want an abortion but don't feel they want it enough to go through walls of steel (so to speak) to get it, will likely forgo the abortion if their local abortion center closes, and that is where unborn lives are saved.
Yes, let us cheer for reduced funding for cancer screenings and STD treatment. Huzzah indeed.
Community Health Centers do far more of those than Planned Parenthood, and if funding that once went to PP is instead redirected to them (as these defunding bills generally do), they can definitely pick up the extra "labor" from the closing of the local PP. Also, with its recent surge in donations, PP can probably mostly survive w/out government funds anyways. Furthermore, I have no reason to believe PP actually abides by the hyde amendment, and even if it does, receiving funding to help pay for its other services frees up money from private donations to help pay for abortion, thus allowing PP to lower the cost of an abortion and thus make the murderous procedure more avaliable.
It is a very backward & an extremist position to take - To ask for a ban. Most civilized countries in the world have moved beyond abortion & women have the right to decide what to do with their own bodies.
The honest thing would be is that Evangelical abortion dogmatic people should admit that they like Christian Sharia law & only oppose the right of a woman what to do with her body because it goes against their religious beliefs. It is a radical extremist position to take in 2017 compared to global standards & people should stop pretending to be moderates.
These hypocrites support endless wars, they support a dysfunctional healthcare system where millions die but then they suddenly pretend to care about a freaking fetus inside a woman's womb !
