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Old 09-27-2007, 05:44 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by OKgrannie View Post
Nothing in the article said that taxpayers were going to have to foot the bill. Taxpayers should provide the woman access to the clinic though, including transportation, since it is taxpayers who placed the woman where abortion is now inaccessible.


You are right. I didn't actually read the article though, I just read your C@P. And the "cost" part of my post was based in this sentence you posted.
"Women are routinely told that they must pay not only for the abortion, but for the costs of employees’ time and of transportation, down to turnpike tolls, even though people in prison have a constitutional right to medical care."I don't think taxpayers should have to pay any of the costs for an abortion. Period. Medical care is one thing, but I don't consider an abortion, which is ending a life, medical care. Medical care saves lives, not ends them.

If the woman doesn't surrender her child for adoption, taxpayers will be forced to support the child until adulthood. If the woman is eligible for medicaid, she would eligible to have her abortion paid for if it is a result of rape, incest, or threatening her life. Is an imprisoned woman not entitled to the same medical care as a non-imprisoned woman?

If that woman's pregnancy threatens her life or is the result of such things, she should be able to have an abortion. Considering the minute number of abortions that are actually the result of such, I don't think that's such a concern. Do you have a statistic that shows how many abortions are actually the result of rape? Any I can find place the percentage at around 1(one).

As for supporting the offspring...That IS what taxpayer money is for. I have no problem with that.

 You didn't answer the question.
I forgot....Let's do it again. Here's your question.
"Do you think it is justice to force an imprisoned woman to continue her pregnancy and then remove her child from her custody because she cannot provide care while she is imprisoned?"

My answer to your question is yes, it is justice if the pregnancy wasn't the result of rape. Imprisonment is not a good reason for murder/killing/homicide. In fact if the baby was wanted, ending the life would actually result in incarceration in many states. Which brings the theoretical question of should a pregnant woman convicted of vehicular feticide be given an abortion if she's sentenced to prison?