Comments on the Anniversary of Roe v Wade...
Or, more accurately, whining about the whining of the relgious pro-"life" right...
This morning on NPR as I wended my way to work (how alliterative am I?) I heard some bits about the Roe v Wade anniversary, specifically how because it is two days after Inauguration Day, most presidents have enacted some sort of policy change on it at the beginning of their term.
My brain snagged onto a point I'd oddly never really contemplated before (probably because there are so many other emotional and philosophical considerations with this issue). Whether people should be "forced" (the word used on NPR) to have their tax dollars used for federally funded abortion programs.
Well damn, I didn't know I had a choice. For example, I didn't want my tax dollars used to fund an obscenely expensive war in Iraq for the past six years. Nor for abstinence-only sex ed programs. Nor for illegal wiretaps and Gitmo and...
This morning on NPR as I wended my way to work (how alliterative am I?) I heard some bits about the Roe v Wade anniversary, specifically how because it is two days after Inauguration Day, most presidents have enacted some sort of policy change on it at the beginning of their term.
My brain snagged onto a point I'd oddly never really contemplated before (probably because there are so many other emotional and philosophical considerations with this issue). Whether people should be "forced" (the word used on NPR) to have their tax dollars used for federally funded abortion programs.
Well damn, I didn't know I had a choice. For example, I didn't want my tax dollars used to fund an obscenely expensive war in Iraq for the past six years. Nor for abstinence-only sex ed programs. Nor for illegal wiretaps and Gitmo and...