I say yes, you say no, OR People are Strange

It's so much EASIER to get an abortion (on the taxpayer's dime) than it is to take a little white pill each morning (or to keep your legs together). Dependence...entitlements...non self relience...LIBERAL...let the government do it for you. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...

Dear White Rabbit: Abortions are a needed service?????? Oh, My God!!!!!!!!!!

Dear Enjoyful, I appreciate your feedback, but in this day and age, with all the different medications that you can take, even the day or to a week after unwanted sex,(rape, incest, etc.) to take care of these matters, not great, but better than waiting until way into the first trimester or longer. I knew too many women that used abortion as birth control, so sad and so wrong!!!  It has gotten way out of hand. If we ban abortion, except for emergency cases, maybe, just maybe people will start taking responsibility for their actions!!!!

Tax money does NOT fund abortions.  Although it appears that you refuse to acknowledge that fact no matter how many times it is pointed out. 

I have never had an abortion nor have I known anybody personally who has.  However, it is an invasive medical procedure and absolutely cannot be 'easier' on somebody than taking a pill and thus the 'lazy' way out.  Think about it for a minute.

There were many unplanned pregnancies among my friends in my younger days.  Shotgun weddings and education ending early was the norm.   You will all be happy to hear that with the help of PP there was not a single unplanned pregnancy among my daughter's large group of friends when they were in high school or college or beyond as young adults.  That is why I support them wholeheartedly.

Would any human, regardless of faith, object to that quote?  I may stitch that into a pillow, Blue!  :-)

I don't know of anyone either.  I've heard the stories, though they're always third-hand.  Maybe it's an urban myth?

And it's always the people who are anti-abortion who 'know' them.  Doesn't make sense that they would be hanging out in their social and religious circles or confide in them does it?  Nor does it make sense that many would elect a painful, invasive medical procedure over a pill or any of the other birth control devices available.   I vote urban myth.

Hey Members, 

There are lots of comments on this thread that can be taken as a personal attack on others who think, believe and vote differently, or who have had experiences that others have not shared. I think that this is a rather classic example of agreeing to disagree. We suggest a pause before posting. 

Thank you for your consideration, 

Melissa and the BCO Mods 

Last night we went to dinner at my daughter's house for dinner. Two of my sons and my other daughter were there. There were also 6 grandchildren present. We had ribs that my son grilled, pasta salad, homemade mac and cheese, hard rolls salad, strawberry rhubarb pie and cookies.

On another note, I still believe ideologicval issues need to be handled by the regular legislative process. It is a mark of integrity to do so. And thank you for posting the article saying liberals have more gray matter. It made my day to recieve such a compliment to my intelligence. 

Ok, this is a change of subject so it can be ignored if you want to continue the current conversation without interruption.  Laura earlier posted something about the numbers employed by government and I thought that was something that deserved a closer look.

For those that like a quick summary:

"According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, government accounts for about 8% of jobs in the United States. Here's the breakdown using numbers easily accessible on the BLS website (all numbers from 2006 or 2007): 

1,774,000 Federal government civilian employees, excluding Post Office 
615,000 Post Office 
1,172,913 Military enlisted 
230,577 Military Officers 
2,424,000 State government (excluding education and hospitals) 
5,594,000 Local government (excluding education and hospitals)
That's a total of 11,810,490 government jobs.
The total number of jobs in the U.S. in 2006 was 150,600,000, so government employment makes up 7.84% of all jobs.
In 2007, the U.S. population (according to the Census Bureau) was 301,621,157, so about 4% of Americans are employed by the government.

According to a study by Paul C. Light, a government professor at New York University, the Federal Government also employed 14.6 million contractors in 2006. This was an increase of 2.5 million since 2002, and the study attributes the increase directly to contractors hired as part of the war on terror. (reported in the Washington Post)

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_percentage_of_americans_are_government_employed 

For those that like a more in depth look at the numbers -

State and Local Government Employment stats:

http://www.bls.gov/oco/cg/cgs042.htm 

Federal Government Employment stats:

http://www.bls.gov/oco/cg/cgs041.htm  

I'm pretty comfortable with the things government is doing for me. 

My daughter attended a nice suburban high school.  There is a Planned Parenthood location conveniently across the street.  Every year, the school has enough pregnant girls and new mothers among their students to allot their own class to them. 

Even with that kind of institutional support in place, a few of the girls I had known since they were younger had several abortions before graduating.  

Through my own community involvement, I knew many girls from that school, not just those who were close friends with my daughter, and girls would confide that they were upset about their friends putting themselves into that situation.  These were not to save the life of the mother, or the result of rape or incest.  They were a matter of convenience to avoid having to tell parents about the pregnancies.

PatMom ... WOW ... what kind of effort is being made to stop the epidemic of unplanned teenage pregnancies?  Sounds like the teen culture there is out of control. 

Edited to add:  I certainly admire those who have their babies and raise them properly.  In this day and age I do not understand why all these unplanned pregnancies continue to happen.  We have many many effective methods of birth control available to prevent that.  Do these teens not know that?