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To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (4096)	1/30/2001 9:30:16 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (3) of 82486

But it goes both ways, you can't just apply the principles when it supports your views. The pro-lifers have made the CHOICE to not support abortion. Why would you violate that? Watch out, Jorj, or I may withdraw your nomination as benevolent despot. <g> One of the many reasons that I would like to see less government is to avoid this kind of problem. If the government pulled its nose out of things that weren't its business, we would have fewer of these problems. However, we live in the real world and there are a lot of things that people abhor that are funded by the government. It's not just abortions. I think it was E who posted a list of some of them. There are two ways for pro-lifers to avoid paying for abortions. One is to give them some kind of tax rebate. But we're all in this together. I don't see why pro-lifers rate an exception and the anti-war crowd doesn't. Plus the mechanics of implementing the exceptions would be a mess. The other way is for the government to not pay for abortions, period. That's easier to manage administratively, but it's not benign. Why should a civil servant or military wife stationed in (pick a remote and conservative country) be forced to carry a fetus to term when her corporate counterpart gets flown to wherever she can get an abortion and her health insurance covers it? I don't know why the taxpayer who opposes abortion gets deference and the recipient gets the shaft. They're both citizens. It cuts both ways. It's a sticky problem. I'd rather that all taxpayers be treated alike and all employee health-benefit recipients be treated alike. That's not a perfect solution but it is, IMO, the most fair. Karen

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