Posted on 08/17/2014 9:47:20 AM PDT by John Semmens
Representatives Mike Honda (D-Calif), Barbara Lee (D-Calif), Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), and Jackie Speier (D-Calif) are going on a 10,000 mile bus tour to drum up support for repealing the current ban on federation money being spent for abortions.
"The issue is one of simple justice," Lee argued. "Why should the option of escaping an unwanted pregnancy be denied to women who can't afford to pay for it? Human rights shouldn't come with a price tag. Criminals who can't afford a lawyer get one at taxpayer expense. Why shouldn't innocent women be treated as well?"
"We should fund every abortion we can afford," was Slaughter's take. "Every child born is another mouth to feed. Would-be mothers who can't afford abortions will end up giving birth to children they can't afford. The cost of rearing a child to adulthood dwarfs the cost of an abortion. I challenge my GOP colleagues to do the math and support federal aid for abortion as the fiscally responsible thing to do."
A "more civilized society" was Rep. Schakowsky's goal. "Unwanted pregnancies destroy lives," she contended. "The first victim is the mother who is burdened by a child she does not want. The second victim is the unwanted child who grows up in poverty. The third victim is the innocent bystander who is a casualty of the violent underclass peppered with individuals who would've been aborted if the funding had been available."
The bus tour of these luminaries of contemporary moral philosophy began in Los Angeles, California August 9 and is expected to arrive in Washington, DC in mid September after stops in 12 cities along the way.
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...
http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Opinion/161283-2014-08-15-semi-news-a-satire-of-recent-news-august-17-2014.htm
This week’s satire will likely be next year’s reality.
No kidding. Everything we joke about today will become federal law tomorrow.
Doesn’t Susan Collins also favor federal funding for abortion; or is she neutral on the funding aspect? People in ME probably surely favor this.
Louise Slaughter, indeed.
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