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I guess no one saw this coming--Cutting family planning means
Posted: Mar 3, 2013
"Using taxpayer dollars to finance family-planning services has become politically thorny in Texas, largely because of Republican lawmakers’ assertions that the women’s health clinics providing that care are affiliated with abortion providers. In the fiscal crunch of 2011, the Legislature cut the state’s family-planning budget by two-thirds, with some lawmakers claiming that they were defunding the “abortion industry.” Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin, found that more than 50 family-planning clinics had closed statewide as a result.
"Now, amid estimates that the cuts could lead to 24,000 additional 2014-15 births at a cost to taxpayers of $273 million, lawmakers are seeking a way to restore financing without ruffling feathers."
--this quote from link below.
And another source: http://www.salon.com/2013/03/01/texas_may_restore_some_family_planning_funds/
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Additional costs to us are less concern to me than - welfare of the babies who end in need anyway. sm
[ In Reply To ..]Approximately 50 million Americans know what it is to be hungry, many of them chronically, way too many of them children with busy little bodies that need good nutrition to grow strong and healthy.
Well, DUH. - Texas geniuses.
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family planning - Effie
[ In Reply To ..]Pro-lifers quit caring about the babies the second they are born...
Assumption - mistruth - sterotype - a lie, actually.
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Agree it's a lie as stated. True, many so-called "prolifers" are just - game players supporting their team,
[ In Reply To ..]and their team is far more interested in lowering tax rates, opening tax loopholes, and deregulating government contractors than caring for children, before or after birth.
That said, lots of "prolifers" are good, decent people who care every bit as much about the welfare of children after birth as before and are willing to give of themselves to make sure they're well cared for.
Note also that not all "prolifers" are conservatives; many are moderates and liberals. I suggest future insults be directed specifically to the hypocrites who deserve them so richly.
Actually, I read this is being watched as a case study of what - happens when a state does everything wrong, or
[ In Reply To ..]at least everything in a way that social scientists feel will be very counterproductive. Fascinating to them in a grim way.
This makes it sound like - a baby is a commodity
[ In Reply To ..]and a detriment to the economy. Where is the sanctity of life?
Family planning is not just abortions - it is mostly birth control.
[ In Reply To ..]Which helps prevent the necessity for abortion in the first place. States like Texas are cutting off their noses to spite their face when they cut funding for places like Planned Parenthood.
They would rather pay a single mother to feed her baby every day for 18 years than think that same woman is getting free birth control. I don't understand that thought process.
"necessity for abortion?" - Incredible.
[ In Reply To ..]Speechless, here.
As to your second paragraph, I would agree with you if it were worded: "They would rather pay a single mother to feed her baby every day for 18 years than have that same woman kill her baby."
Well, you got the point, anyway. - my eyes just rolled back in my head.
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