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ABORTION - To equate the unborn to parasites is sickening to me. Two people engaged in an act that formed the blastocyst/zygote/fetus/baby. Only ONE has a say in any decision about its life until the child is born. IMHO, if people insist on legal abortion, the man should have EQUAL say in the life of HIS child, especially since we would be talking about consensual sex between TWO people. Now, let's consider since sex, by definition, is used to procreate, you would have to consider that the two about to engage in sex would realize that the possible SIDE EFFECT could be pregnancy. Instead of taking responsibility for their actions, instead we allow them to shirk it and get an abortion. This is shocking to me and is NOT progress.

GUN CONTROL- Although I agree with you, the argument could be made that the interpretation of gun control laws today does not coincide with the actual idea of the Founding Fathers. Some have made the argument that the right to bare arms had more to do with state militias than average citizens. I would go so far as to say that after a background check (keep the guns out of the hands of violent offenders and psychos) people should be able to buy whatever kind of gun they want and have the right to conceal that weapon.

HEALTHCARE - I wish there was a way to provide everyone with medical care without having to deal with HMO's and socialized medicine. If there was a way to provide healthcare to everyone at a reasonable rate AND still keep private practice I would be all for it. I just don't see it happening. One aide to physicians would be to limit court settlement amounts. Malpractice insurance costs would decrease and in turn would reduce the cost of medical care, not to mention attract more people into the medical profession. As it stands now, it is very expensive to be a physician and the risks are too high. I forget the percentage of doctors sued for malpractice.

IMMIGRATION- There are already so many threads on immigration because of the President's plan. I won't comment in this one.

LEGISLATION - The only problem with basing rulings solely on prior rulings is that some prior rulings are wrong. I don't agree necessarily with legislating from the bench, but times change and sometimes laws need to be changed (i.e. Roe v. Wade).

MINIMUM WAGE - The more you increase minimum wage, the more small business suffers. IMO, minimum wage should not be legislated by the federal government. Wages should be dependant on job location and the cost of living in each location.

TAXES - Part of me wants a flat tax to be enacted, and the other part just wants the current tax code simplified.

I tried to draw a similarity rather than equate. If one thinks about raw meaning, a fetus draws on the host body (mother) and cannot survive without doing so...parasite similarity holds true. It may sicken you..the truth sickens many.
I agree that a father needs rights in this area but those rights can not infringe upon the rights due the mother as it is her body. A difficult gray area, but when it comes right down to it, the mother has the decision.
A right the man is due first off is to be notified of this happening...this applies also to parents of minor children. Does not mean that a man can stop it, but he should at least know about it.

I think the defenition of sex has evolved from strictly procreation and morphed into entertainment as well. I agree that responcibility for ones actions are needed but I would argue that a 12 year old girl having to live with an abortion for the rest of her life would qualify. A baby having a baby would not in my book. To say that an abortion has no affect on a person long term and that it simply a shirk shows that you do not understand the mental anguish so many women live with after having one.
I think most know about the possabilities but take the " its not gonna happen to me" attitude.
My point is this ONCE the pregnancy has already happened it is pointless to talk to that woman about what she should have done. Maybe what she should do in the future is appropriate but after it has happened it has to be dealt with in the best way poaaible, many times an abortion is the best way forward for all parties involved.

As long as a person does not use a gun for criminal purposes they should be able to have any they want.
The argument that the founding fathers meant malitias only can have guns makes me laugh....if they meant that they would have written it that way. That arguement is a last ditch effort by those that wish NO guns be owned by any civilian and shows that even they know they are finally losing this battle.

Doctors that commit real malpractice should be held accountable for it...to a reasonable degree. Insurance companies are the real problem in many areas, this being one. Maybe if they paid out deserving claims with a fair settlement amount without tying up the courts the judgements in court would not be so high.
The high judgments for plaintiffs sometimes reflects a penalty for their lack od payment to start with.
Insurance companies would function a bit better if they were more concerned with honoring their clients contracts that they took money for and a bit less concerned about a thousand percent profit margin. Not completetly not for profit...but a bti less monstrous in that area.

Changing times does require changing laws...but that is the legislarors job, plain and simple.

I think that the small buisness arguement is partially valid. I also think however, that real tax reform would facilitate this transformation. Small buisnesses do get hammered badly but not predominantly by wages it is the taxes on those wages and the fact that many smalls are taxed as a personal income. Real reform, meaningful reform, would indeed address this imho.