August 27, 2009
“ Christians who believe in the sanctity of life ought to be concerned about any health care system overhaul that will increase abortions. But our conviction about life should also lead us to care about the 45 million Americans who lack health insurance and therefore receive inadequate care. We should care that the uninsured are 1.6 times more likely to die from cancer than those with insurance who are diagnosed and treated earlier. We should care that we have a system that discriminates against those with preexisting conditions, the weakest and most vulnerable in our society. Our belief in the value of life should drive us to seek a system that will care for our brothers and sisters after they are born and not just before.

Skye Jethani (via azspot)

I’m also not clear on why anybody thinks that universal coverage would increase the number of abortions. Women opt for abortion are increasingly young and poor. Is this a lack of access to affordable birth control? A lack of access to sufficient prenatal care? A concern about the costs of childbirth? Universal coverage would fix all of these.

(via squashed)

For what it’s worth, Guttmacher casts the number of people who abort for financial reasons at 73%, with 28% (of the total population, not the 73% population) specifcally saying ‘can’t afford a baby and childcare, which is probably about as close to the financial concerns listed above as you’re likely to find without a specialized survey.

People think this will increase the number of abortions for two reasons, mostly: a) not aware of the Hyde Amendment; b) consider contraceptive use to be abortion. Mark it.

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