[jwalsh07]

I think you're giving them short shrift. I come from meager beginnings. Poor people love their babies at least as much as the well off.

There are costs involved in being pro life and if you're not willing to belly up to the bar, then you can be called a hypocrite. We belly up but being pro life and socialism are not synonomous. Creating life incurs responsibilities and one of those is nurturing that life.

[liberallarry]

I'm not saying that all poor or uneducated people are irresponsible or that all rich and uneducated are not. But there is a relationship.

Even if you don't grant that there is a class of irresponsibles. A fairly substantial class. I don't think such people would become responsible simply because third trimester abortions were legally banned. Any more than irresponsible drunks stop driving because drunk driving is banned. Something more would be needed. Any suggestions?

[liberallarry]

Our discussion forced me to think of how I would handle the problem.

I'd like to see mandatory, free pregnancy tests for all women who miss two periods in a row. If they're found to be pregnant they'd have a two month window to obtain an abortion. After that severe penalties would be imposed.

That's my line of reasoning. Just a beginning.