Debunking the Myth that Welfare Programs Will Reduce Abortions

This is an excerpt from episode 43 of Life Report responding to pro-lifers that believe that President Obama's policies will reduce abortion rates more than McCain's would have. This excerpt deals with the myth that generous social welfare programs will "have significant impact in the reduction of abortions."

Full audio episode with more information at
http://ProLifePodcast.net

Supporting documents:
- As political scientist Michael J. New has demonstrated, social welfare programs have been shown to have next to no effect at all in reducing abortions. (Source: Public Discource - http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/viewarticle.php?selectedarticle=2008.10.30....)
- Indeed, NARAL Pro-Choice America has lamented that just the denial of public funds for abortion ''forces about half the women who would otherwise have abortions to carry unintended pregnancies to term.'' In other words, NARAL estimates that Obama's policy of public funding could double abortion rates. (Source: NARAL PDF - http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/assets/files/Abortion-Access-to-Abortion-Wome...)

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[chibicat13]

@ChristianMusician85

Well... how many unwanted kids have you adopted?

Embryo's are not people by the way, they are human DNA. Fetal development is a process, not an automatic. If I abort at 3 months or less, then it's not killing a person, if I abort at 6 months, then the story is different, but mother's lives mean more then a fetus, which is why doctors will always do the abortion procedure if the mother's life is a stake.

[ChristianMusician85]

@chibicat13 However, no one should have the right to choose to kill an innocent person.

[ChristianMusician85]

@chibicat13 It always boggles my mind that "women's rights" are put above another individuals right to live, especially in a country which lives by the credo "your rights stop where mine begins." Secondly, it always boggles my mind that pro-choicers seem to think abortion is the only right a woman has and to take that away, you're taking away all her rights. That's bogus. She has the right to choose her religion, spouse, where to work, go to school, etc.

[chibicat13]

I can see how this is true, lack of money isn't the only motivation girls/women have when they get a abortion, there are numerous reasons, and unless you have been in her shoes, there is no way she should be forced to continue a pregnancy that she doesn't want. The right to safe abortions is not going away in free countries, it would violate a woman's human rights, but education and better contraceptive access can greatly reduce abortions.

[KindAtHearrt]

Lifers rule

[neillob11]

There is no mandated paid maternity leave in the United states; however there is up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave under The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 where the parents will not suffer the loss of their jobs. (dol. gov/esa /whd/regs/statutes/fmla. htm#SEC_306)