CHILDBIRTH IS.
The government is arguing that if you don't buy health insurance, you MAY burden the state with unpaid healthcare costs down the road.
But if you "choose" to have a child, the government will easily be able to make the case that you will be adding to the costs of society for infrastructure, for trash collection, for the CO2 that your child will breathe out.
Thus, the government should be able to have a say in who gives birth, how many times, and which ones.
With 154 million workers and 5.2 million pregnancies a year....
$1 a month from each of the workers in the abortion care program will generate $360 a year per pregnancy... Abortions cost $350, at the end of the day enough to terminate every pregnancy in the coverage group.
Bingo! This case lays bear the lie that is modern commerce clause jurisprudence and hopefully leads to a retrenchment and resurrection of the rights reserved to the States and the people. Let's insist on it in November. Shall we?
“burden the state with unpaid healthcare costs down the “
Which spending programs are unconstitutional in the first place.
What about, “match denied”, when you go to get married. Hey, with this its coming.