I am part of the female gender and I am not for abortion. I truly believe there is a very, very large number of my fellow women who feel the same way.
As abortion was supposed to be for the purpose of rape and life threats to pregnant women, why is there not a police officer stationed at every clinic taking down the description of these "rapists" and putting them in jail? Also, my other argument to pro choice people is that if it is their choice to abort, it should be my choice not to pay for it. Apparently, I do not have a choice!
TC
If Roe v. Wade supposedly prohibits societal intervention in private reproductive "choices," the public funding thereof violates Roe v. Wade and relegates you and other pro-life women to second class citizenship...
I can wholeheartedly agree with that sentiment. Forcing people to subsidize activities that they find morally unconscionable is absolutely wrong.
I would very much like to see a form of "direct voting" established via a modification of the IRS tax forms, which gives the taxpayer a set of known controversial items to which they can choose to deny funds from their income taxes. Categories should include: Abortion, Welfare, Public Education, School Vouchers, National Endowment for the Arts, Campaign Funding, Military Spending, International Relief - material aid, International Relief - Economic Bailouts, The "War on Drugs", the Intelligence Agencies, The BATF, etc...
Ideally, there would be a way of detailing which government programs get what percentage of your (anyone's) taxes. I think this form of "direct voting" would do a lot to shake much of the crap out of the system, if it were practicable and if it could ever be rammed past the Congress.