Where on the political spectrum do you lie? (Mods: Please don't move!)

[reaganyouth84]

I know here in Knoxville we have a pro-life center across from the abortion clinic. The pro-life center is a 100% volunteer orginization that provides clothing for the babies, medical attention for the mother and offspring, as well as financial help. Everything runs on 100% donations made by concerned citizens, as well as a few tax breaks here and there. I've been there twice, once to do some research, and the other, well we won't talk about that, but I'll say that I am not a father. This is why I am so opinionated on this subject, I've been down that road ya know. Anyways, they do some really really good work there. I think the name of it is The Hope Resource Center. You might be able to find some stuff about it on the web.
-Mike

[reaganyouth84]

My previous post sounds a little weird. The reason I went there the 2nd time was because I went with a friend of mine who had a dead beat boyfriend. She thought she was pregnate, but she was ok. They gave her and std test, and a pregnancy test and it didn't cost her a single penny! Like I said, they do some really good work. Just wanted to clear up any confusion.
-Mike

[Rbraczyk]

oh yea for the record.

George W Bush is by far, the worst president this country has ever seen.

[Iced T]

Of course.

[cigarsarge]

oh yea for the record.

George W Bush is by far, the worst president this country has ever seen.

CARE TO ELABORATE

[Iced T]

Uh oh...

[cigar no baka]

oh yea for the record.

George W Bush is by far, the worst president this country has ever seen.

HORSESHIT, BILL CLINTON WAS THE WORST EXAMPLE OF A PRESIDENT WE HAVE SEEN IN MODERN TIMES. A LIAR A CHEATER AND AN OPPORTUNISTIC BASTARD TO BOOT!!!

[reaganyouth84]

HORSESHIT, BILL CLINTON WAS THE WORST EXAMPLE OF A PRESIDENT WE HAVE SEEN IN MODERN TIMES. A LIAR A CHEATER AND AN OPPORTUNISTIC BASTARD TO BOOT!!!

[AND A GIGANTIC DOUCHE BAG TO TOP IT ALL OFF but he did like his cigars

[Amanda]

I still have not heard a reasonable analysis of how a new prohibition will be imposed on abortion without substantially increasing the tax burden. I would not even raise this as an issue if the same group of people clamoring for the prohibition wasn't also complaining day in and day out about being overtaxed. I also made abundantly clear in my first post on this topic that I am opposed to abortion. I'm also opposed to gambling, but I stop short of calling for its criminalization because prohibitions DON'T WORK. You can't legislate supply-and-demand laws out of existence. After 100 years of failure in regards to prohibitions, the series of events that would follow the criminalization of abortion is almost a cliche. Abortions would continue to be sought after by the same women and girls who seek it today....violations of the anti-abortion laws would occur daily in back alleys and basements....lawmakers vow to "crack down" on violators and issue harsh new mandatory sentences for offenders, which only makes the services of those who continue to perform the abortions more valuable and thus lures in thousands more people willing to take the gamble and perform the service....and before you know it, there is an entire criminal industry of black-market abortion providers financed and protected by organized crime...while the prison population swells with hundreds of thousands of back-alley abortionists. How many times does prohibitionary policy have to fail before we realize its futility?

Of course none of this is likely to matter since the prospects of Roe v. Wade ever being overturned are incredibly slim. The Republican Party has seized control of every branch of government largely by dangling the abortion carrot in front of working-class "values voters" in Middle America who would otherwise have precious few reasons to align themselves with the political party their bosses contribute to. With this in mind, I doubt that most of the Republicans' Machiavellian operatives have any interest in seeing the issue go away, even if the rank and file wants it outlawed.