(05-03-2022, 07:50 PM)EricC85 Wrote: As a pro-life libertarian I'll say this, it is now in the pro-life supporters to prove it going forward. Yes I want a ban on any abortion after the first trimester and that means I'm also willing to support expanding birth control, welfare, and education cost at my state level. We can't just be pro birth I'm pro life so if I'm going to support abandoning abortions in my state I have to be more open to helping those that need in my state.

At the state level I'd support free birth control, I'm willing to expand welfare and I'm also open to paying more for schools. That's how important this issue is to me.

My wife and I have offered to take in 3 kids in need this year in addition to our 4, so far their home situation hasn't reached the point they need to live with us full time but if comes to it we've told all three households we will do it. We have to fill the gap for these kids this be is our chance to not only save lives but also change lives, these kids deserve it we must demand it

I appreciate you and your family being willing to do this. I wish more would. 

I am pro-choice because: I believe the government has no business telling a woman one way or another what to do in this situation anyway but especially in medically necessary situations and in the case of rape or incest. I absolutely do not believe it should be used as birth control.

I'm curious. Are conservatives not in favor of low cost or free BC being accessible to women? That seems counterintuitive to being pro-life unless they believe life starts at conception which I know some do. But to me it makes absolutely no sense to be pro-life but restrict access to BC which could possibly slow the rate of abortions. They can't have it both ways. Not everyone wants to be a parent. Telling people to "not have sex then" isn't the answer. Contraceptives don't work 100% of the time. 

As a woman who never wanted kids and has never raised them I would be 100% against someone forcing me to keep a child. Adoption is an option and is the way I would have gone but not everyone sees it as option. Most black and brown babies do not get adopted so those women don't even see it as a viable option so it's keep a child they don't want or are unprepared for, or turn it over to the foster care system that does not favor those babies either.

I wish people would just make responsible choices so something like this isn't even an issue but that's not the world we live in.

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