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gergroy on 21 August 2012
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richardhutnik said:
gergroy said:
I think you are exaggerating quite a bit with your argument here. Now, I don't agree with outlawing abortion so I'm not going to defend it. However, if abortion isn't an option then I would think most women would just go through adoption agencies, I don't think you would find many women dumping babies in dumpsters. When couples adopt, they also agree to pay for all the healthcare related to the birth of the child.

So, yeah... a bit of an exaggeration.

I could show example after example of the GOP slashing funding to social programs.  I would like you to show where the GOP would support any sort of funding to make this so.

Here is the GOP platform on abortion, where they speak of a pro-life agenda:

http://www.ontheissues.org/celeb/Republican_Party_Abortion.htm

What they offer is a salute:

 

Alternatives like adoption, instead of punitive action

Our goal is to ensure that women with problem pregnancies have the kind of support, material and otherwise, they need for themselves and for their babies, not to be punitive towards those for whose difficult situation we have only compassion. We oppose abortion, but our pro-life agenda does not include punitive action against women who have an abortion. We salute those who provide alternatives to abortion and offer adoption services.

 

 

Besides a salute, I would like you to find details of what their pro-life agenda is, beyond it being pro-birth.

 

It certainly doesn't seem to involve funding for family planning:

http://www.socrei.org/House_Subcommittee_Eliminates_Title_X_Funding/

 

And about actually funding prenatal care?  Well, it looks like that is cut to:

http://gonzalez.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=553&Itemid=4

 

And more cuts:

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/02/09/173778/gop-war-on-babies/

 

Again, what is this "Pro-life agenda" the GOP has?

did you even read my post? because your response doesn't seem to have anything to do with what I said...