one of the biggest right wing hypocrisies

[ButterflyBlood]

OK, they don't want women to have abortions, have adoptions instead. Then why ban gays from adopting? The result is more taxpayer funded shelters when they can't get enough adoptive parents, and a far worse life for the kid. but i suppose to them that's preferable to letting gays adopt, since some of them are actually dumb to still believe gays recruit.

[JoePizz]

1. You forgot this part of it:

The worst is that they don't want women to have abortions, but also don't want teenagers to have sex education and easy access to contraceptives- actually, they don't really want any women to have access to contraceptives.

What a load of crap.

[newyawker99]

5. Hi JoePizz!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[tom_paine]

2. I don;t really think you can set one of their hypocrisies above the rest

I mean, there are so many of them, some of them straight out of the "Mein Kampf" playbook and some just merely as Orwell prophesied.

I just disagree that one hypocrisy in the sea of the rest stands out particularly.

[salinen]

3. I call it the Jesus factor

he performed miracle 'X'. Then he performed miracle 'Y'. But then he really outdid himself and performed miracle 'Z'.

[FloridaPat]

Paul Harvey came up with a solutions ages ago -

it is very easy to move a fetus from one woman to another. Just take the fetus from the woman who doesn't want it and put it into another women. Real easy. No one took him up on this.

Too easy to condem the woman.

[Q3JR4]

4. Have to add my two cents...

They don't want women to know about contraceptives. When that fact makes the women in question pregnant they don't want them to be able to terminate the pregnancy regardless of the consequences. When the child is born, they don't want to have a welfare system in place to help the mother's out.

[ComerPerro]

6. They say they want fewer abortions, I say prove it

You want a society in which abortions are kept to a minimum, and usually only occur in instances of rape, incest, or protecting the mother's health?

Then fucking act like it, God damn it!!!!!

First, teach abstinence all you want. But it doesn't mean a damned thing unless you also teach kids about proper birth control. Just telling kids not to have sex is no good. Eventually, they will have sex, and they will need to know about proper birth control. Otherwise, there will be scores of unplanned pregnancies.

Second, how about some health care coverage for single or impoverished mothers? Why not take care of the mother and the child once the child is born, if we care about the rights of the fetus so much? A large contributing factor in abortions comes from when the mother realizes she has no way to take care of the child, and can not afford any medical expenses which she might incur.

Third, stop condemning single mothers to the seventh circle of hell. This pisses me off more than anything in the abortion issue. So-called Christians will be with you right up until your delivery if you are pregnant and considering an abortion. They will comfort you, help you, and do everything to make sure you see the pregnancy to term. But once you have a child, they spit on you, call you a whore, and tell you that you and your child are what is wrong with todays society. It is just wrong to encourage a woman to have her child but then cast her aside and slander her once she has had the child.

Fourth, how about a better funded, better run, better managed welfare system. If the religious right cares so much about the rights of a fetus, why doesn't it at the very least extend that same level of concern to the well being of the child once it is born? Also, why not take measures to ensure that the child can get a shot at a decent education?


Finally, what is worse. Having abortion legal and widely available, but safe and clean? Or having abortion illegal in all cases and having women seeking out abortions in back alleys and at home from unlicensed individuals with unclean medical equipment?


The problem, however, is the same problem that comes up in every single stance taken by the right wing of this country. They don't want to think about the complexities of issues. They only want to let their sense of self-righteousness and skewed morality to let them set issues. They lack the ability and desire to analyze problems and think critically.

[jburton]

7. It's about CONTROL

They love control and power over people.