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My biggest gripe is that every other industrialized nation has it, and even though the number the news is toting says 50 million Americans, there is a large chunk of those covered that get denied services
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And there are a great deal of people who are denied services through government run health care around the world. Because it is either too expensive or there is not enough capcity in the system to give everyoen the requested service. Almost every other industrial nation has much more restrictive gun laws than we do, should we adopt that as well. Just because they do it across the pond doesn't mean we should do it here. If it is good for us we should do it if not we shouldn't. Too me government run health care is not good for us.
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Abortion. Being a man, my gut reaction is that I have no place in this issue. BUT, I fully agree and support my wife's position, which she explains this way; She is pro-life AND pro-choice. Sounds like a contradiction at first, but her reasoning is actually quite simple, and logical. She believes abortion (for convenience) is wrong, BUT she believes that is not the govt's decision. The same govt that claims the authority to say "you shall not" has the authority to say "you must!", and that, to her, is wrong.
Well said!
My view parallels that of your wife's.
I also look at what's termed "choice" a little differently than others. I also believe in choices, but that we must abide with the results of those choices.
A man and woman who engage in what's euphemistically referred to as procreation, have already made a choice. After creating life, neither the man nor the woman has the option of terminating that life intentionally.
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I would agree that abortion is wrong but it is not the government's place to say you can't.
I agree that a choice is made the minute two people decide to have sex and take no precautions to prevent pregnancy.
It galls me when pro-choice people make the claim that they some how have a right to choose to end a life for no reason or when pro-life people, or any other group for that matter, try and tell others how to live.
I do support efforts to reduce unwanted pregnancies (before conception) and reduce the amount of abortions through adoption. But I can't support an outright ban on abortion.