The current kerfuffle about the US feds forcing private health insurance plans to include free contraception as “preventive medicine” should not have arisen. This has all been predictable, not just from the point of view of christian groups feeling under attack. This current administration is after all the one whose leaders say a baby can be a punishment, or that abortion … reduces the cost [of citizens] to states and to the federal government.
It’s not as though these were isolated statements or outlier attitudes. These folks seem to consider new life a costly disease.
UPDATE: Sebelius digs deeper
"Having a major change imposed on your life when you didn’t intend it is an obvious place to use the word punishment." Others would have stopped at "consequence". A punishment is something designed to inflict suffering.
Re. Pelosi. My mistake. B…
'Others would have stopped at "consequence". A punishment is something designed to inflict suffering.'
A punishment is a negative consequence, you're doing a lot of psychoanalysis based on what I feel is some shakey linguistic analysis.
'Re. Pelosi.…
"Isn’t it a shocking failure of government to think of potential/real new homegrown members as being a net expense?" Well considering the US [Debt] they probably are ;)"
That's too absurd even for a smiley. People who built/supported such an econo…
"That’s too absurd even for a smiley. People who built/supported such an economic misbalance should be ashamed of themselves."
Perhaps, but that's another likely lengthier topic :)
'See, that’s far from obvious. “For society as a whole …” …
"Besides, your argument hinges on the idea that every child is a net benefit for all involved,"
Not so, that's a false dichotomy. I took the easier road and merely denoted the polar opposite view as anti-human balderdash. :-)