The One and Only Honest Anti-Abortion Group


There is one topic most anti-abortion groups avoid. It is money required to give birth and raise a child. After the anti-abortion and anti-tax merged into one political faction the topic of money imposed on forced births was dropped entirely. Subsidizing the woman for an unwanted pregnancy means higher taxes. In anti-abortion politics, forcing women themselves to pay for forced births is a win win. It not only keeps the anti-tax faction in the anti-abortion camp but adds to the punishment for their sin of having sex. Changing diapers and paying for them will help women eliminate sin from their lives. 

Rational and logical anti-abortion people do exist. They are the ones who say if giving birth is the business of people other than only the pregnant women, those other people have a responsibility to pony up the money for what them claim is a public matter.  

I have a book on my shelf by a pseudo intellectual named Ryan T. Anderson. He tries to make the case gay marriage is not in the public interest. It is not in the public interest, he writes, because there is a national benefit to couples having children. Gay people cannot have them. Therefore, gay marriage should not be allowed. (He does want to ban 90 year olds from marrying.) If we follow his argument that children are in the national interest to its logical conclusion, we would subsidize the women forced to give birth. This topic, like 90 years olds getting married, was carefully avoided.

Then there is the sticky issue of women employed by firms who need them at work. If the both the employer and the employee are made worse off by a forced-birth law there is yet another large group that should be given a subsidy from taxpayers. 

Those who support forced-births but believe other taxpayers should help women financially also recognize the national income distribution issue involved. Everyone recognizes that even in states that outlaw abortions, abortions will be available to those who can afford to travel. It is the classical case of the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. 

While I don't agree with forced-birth laws, I applaud those with the integrity to face the real economic injustices that go with them.


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