It appears from the latest Gallup Poll that there are more people in the US who consider themselves "Pro-Choice" than "Pro-Life" I was surprised to see that somehow in the mid-1990s the so-called "pro-life" group actually outnumbered the pro-choice. I wonder how that happened? I suspect it was the influence of the "moral majority" group who really did a lot of marketing for their cause.
It is clear to me that the "pro-life" group is simply trying to impose their religious beliefs on the rest of the US citizens --and the world, if they could do it. They believe that a fetus somehow has been bestowed a "soul" and is as much a human as any other human. There is no science behind that belief, so it is driven by religion.
It is hard for me to understand why the Republican Party could stand generally for "Pro-life" when they are also "Pro Death Penalty" and "Pro Guns." They generally claim they believe in the US Constitution, freedom of religion, and free markets. But they, for some reason want to restrict women from having abortions, restrict Gays from marriage, and restrict states from putting limits on guns.
One of the overarching problems of mankind is the continued increase in population in the world. The growth of population increases the pressure on the limited resources of the world. Yes Malthus was proven somewhat wrong, and the world was able to find food to survive a huge increase in population. But at what cost? There have been huge costs to the environment which simply cannot go on forever.
The world needs to get human population under control. I believe we can do it. China has shown it is possible, but there are less harsh ways to achieve population control by using other incentives. The US needs to take a leadership role and control our population and accept immigrants until we can get those other countries to get their population controlled. To do so, we need to dis-incentivize having more babies by eliminating tax deductions for babies, gradually increase costs to raise children by reducing subsidies for child care, medical care, and school to bare minimum for national health. We also need to provide free medical help for birth control (such as pills, devices or sterilization) and abortion when necessary.
It is clear to me that the "pro-life" group is simply trying to impose their religious beliefs on the rest of the US citizens --and the world, if they could do it. They believe that a fetus somehow has been bestowed a "soul" and is as much a human as any other human. There is no science behind that belief, so it is driven by religion.
It is hard for me to understand why the Republican Party could stand generally for "Pro-life" when they are also "Pro Death Penalty" and "Pro Guns." They generally claim they believe in the US Constitution, freedom of religion, and free markets. But they, for some reason want to restrict women from having abortions, restrict Gays from marriage, and restrict states from putting limits on guns.
One of the overarching problems of mankind is the continued increase in population in the world. The growth of population increases the pressure on the limited resources of the world. Yes Malthus was proven somewhat wrong, and the world was able to find food to survive a huge increase in population. But at what cost? There have been huge costs to the environment which simply cannot go on forever.
The world needs to get human population under control. I believe we can do it. China has shown it is possible, but there are less harsh ways to achieve population control by using other incentives. The US needs to take a leadership role and control our population and accept immigrants until we can get those other countries to get their population controlled. To do so, we need to dis-incentivize having more babies by eliminating tax deductions for babies, gradually increase costs to raise children by reducing subsidies for child care, medical care, and school to bare minimum for national health. We also need to provide free medical help for birth control (such as pills, devices or sterilization) and abortion when necessary.
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