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Originally Posted by HockeyIlliterate
I'd support free birth control, of all types, as part of the coverage under a basic health care plan. I would likely not support free abortions, except for the usual rape, incest, and life of the mother carve-outs.
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So the question is why one and not the other. Presumably the rationale is for free birth control is that it costs so little and relieves the health care system of so huge a burden that it's a no brainer, but if so, doesn't the same logic follow for abortions (even if they're a bit more expensive)?
Moreover, does your policy decision here change if someone provides you with good reason to believe that there's a demographic problem (as in many western countries), with the result that purely as a matter of macroeconomics and what's best for the country, which I gather is what you're going for, more babies are good?