Post: House GOP Introduces Bills to Bar Most Taxpayer Funding of Abortion
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02-04-2011, 02:31 AM
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Omniplasma
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House Speaker John Boehner said he wanted to be "the most pro-life speaker ever" and on Thursday the Ohio Republican showed how he plans do that by hailing new bills aimed at barring federal funds from paying for abortions.
The most ambitious legislation is the "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act," a measure that again reprises the health care reform battle from the last Congress when disputes over abortion funding played a crucial role. Only this new bill would go further than anything ever considered by Congress because it would make the so-called Hyde Amendment permanent and applicable across the entire federal budget.
The most ambitious legislation is the "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act," a measure that again reprises the health care reform battle from the last Congress when disputes over abortion funding played a crucial role. Only this new bill would go further than anything ever considered by Congress because it would make the so-called Hyde Amendment permanent and applicable across the entire federal budget.
Pretty much they want to limit federal funding for abortions down to "forcible rape". It would exclude women who were drugged at parties, it would exclude women with a limited mental capacity, and it would even exclude instances of statutory rape. If this bill gets past, the GOP will be pretty much redefining the definition of rape all together.
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I'm curious to see what people think of this. I'm someone who believes abortions should be the woman's choice, not the governments.
Please no bullshit responses, so don't post if you have no idea what you're talking about. And don't misinterpret what this thread is talking about. I'm not asking whether anyone thinks abortion is right or wrong, it's about the government having control over things they shouldn't have control over.
02-04-2011, 02:38 AM
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michigandevil
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02-04-2011, 02:41 AM
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Omniplasma
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Originally posted by michigandevil
Killing a unborn child is the same as killing a person. It's just that people think that because you can't see the unborn baby they can kill it.
Did you bother to read the thread? It isn't about whether or not rape is right or wrong, it's about letting the government dictate assets of peoples lives that they shouldn't be able to. The government shouldn't be the ones to decide whether or not a woman is allowed to get an abortion if she was raped.
02-04-2011, 02:44 AM
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MATT23116
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Originally posted by AceVirus
Did you bother to read the thread? It isn't about whether or not rape is right or wrong, it's about letting the government dictate assets of peoples lives that they shouldn't be able to. The government shouldn't be the ones to decide whether or not a woman is allowed to get an abortion if she was raped.
but i dun feel that aburtion is bad cuz ur like killing a persun derp :derp:
02-04-2011, 02:47 AM
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Omniplasma
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02-04-2011, 06:17 PM
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The Open Minded
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I really don't believe that it's the governments place to take control of such a thing. So now a woman will have to pay for an abortion if she is drugged at a bar and then raped? That's wrong in my opinion. I am pro life but I believe it's to each their own and that I have NO RIGHT to force my opinions on other people. The government shouldn't have that right either.
02-04-2011, 06:55 PM
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Omniplasma
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Originally posted by xPEACExMAKERx
I really don't believe that it's the governments place to take control of such a thing. So now a woman will have to pay for an abortion if she is drugged at a bar and then raped? That's wrong in my opinion. I am pro life but I believe it's to each their own and that I have NO RIGHT to force my opinions on other people. The government shouldn't have that right either.
I'm not sure why you have -rep but let me fix that for you :plank:
02-04-2011, 08:19 PM
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Ned Flanders
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