Abortion... Individual Rights or Morality Contest?

First off I would like to commend Megan for opening up such a controversial topic, and with that I think you have the right idea. My interpretation of your post concluded a lot more than just pro choice or pro life. It was more about our rights as Americans. I know it is hard to believe now, but this country was once called "The Land of Opportunity." The opportunity to fix life long mistakes and get a second chance at your life.

The choice to receive an abortion cannot be an easy one, and the only person that should be able to make such a life altering decision is the person wanting/not wanting the abortion. I do not believe that the government should step in and make moral decisions for anyone. No one has to believe that what you are doing is the “right” choice, because the only person that knows what is best for you is yourself. No one has lived a day in your shoes. Reasons for abortion vary from person to person. Something as simples as “I am not meant to be a mom” or “This child will be born into poverty, and we will never be able to get off of government funded living.”

Often time’s people disregard other’s reasoning for lack of knowledge of what it would be like for that child or those parents. What if the parent’s chose to keep an unwanted baby? A life of neglect and welfare most likely would follow. Do you want to pay for that child, because you will in the long run? Your tax dollars will be spent on the care for the mother during pregnancy, years of WIC to follow, and life of welfare.

I am not a one sided or irrational person and understand that there is another side to abortions, the “killing” of UNBORN child. It is hard to say that there is life with out being born, yet pro- life believers think so. If you take in to account that the fetus would have virtually no chance of life if born during the allotted abortion availability time, are you really killing another being?

Our rights are diminishing day by day. We were guaranteed life liberty and the pursuit of happiness, but somewhere along the life of our country we lost what our Founding Father’s so desperately fought for. Abortion shouldn’t be a debate of moral belief (yet it has come to this); it is more or less a fight to keep our personal freedom. Our freedom to speak out when we want to be heard, our freedom to choose our own religious beliefs, our freedom to live where we want, and yes even our freedom to receive an abortion if we feel that it is what is best for our own life. Megan you are so right. What are they going to TELL us to do next?

Health Care Reform

Throughout the course of this semester I have noticed my gradual shift from a somewhat liberal stand point to a moderately conservative view. I feel that the passing of the Health Care reform bill is an invasion of privacy. Health insurance should be something that is optional for individuals in our nation to have, but now its a fine if all persons fail to meet the health insurance deadline. This has gone to far! Not only does this piece of political garbage pushed my moral buttons, there are also some other questions I'd like to ask Uncle Sam. In the past, private health care providers have had the benefit of denying certain types of health care coverages for various financial reasons. Will these private heath care providers be obligated to accept the public insurance carriers? Many times doctors avoid certain types of insurance carriers because of the additional legalities or processing work that come accompanied with different insurance policies. If doctors are denied the right to refuse public health care, then these private employers will be obligated to have staff and documents necessary to complete these new standards, ultimately leading to a loss in profitability for that private healthcare provider. And who is monitoring the fees that will be charged from the public healthcare services? The same people who own and created these services meaning that they are in control of the taxes. What we need is a policy that clearly defines how these taxes will be implemented on the public, as well as some limitations to the Health Care Reform Policy's ability to interfere with an individuals finances.


Last but not least, does anyone have an exact figure of the projected costs of the Health Care Reform? I have seen many different numbers, but all in all they averaged around 900 billion dollars! Ok so even if I the Health Care Reform was a good idea, couldn't we have waited until a little longer after all of our issues with the war overseas? Seriously, our nation has built a substantial due to our efforts on the battle front, then we choose to invest in a nationwide health care project thats costing roughly 900 billion dollars. With our nations leaders making these types of decisions, I have lost trust in the rationality of our national government and in their ability to guide us the people.