A new abortion group is taking a bus tour this summer to push for taxpayer funded abortions. It’s a bold move, given that most Americans don’t want their taxes to pay for abortions, according to several polls. And the group knows it.
That’s why the “Be Bold” bus tour is couching abortion in terms of income inequality, an issue that’s more palatable to young Americans especially.
From the article:
“Thanks to the 37-year-old Hyde Amendment, the federal policy that prohibits taxpayer dollars from funding abortion services, the low-income women who rely on the Medicaid program often have no affordable options for ending a pregnancy. Hyde, which has spawned similar restrictions on the state level and in other government programs, ensures that abortion access has been firmly divided along economic and racial lines for nearly as long as it’s been legal in this country.”
The problem – well, one of the problems – is that the group assumes low-income women want abortions. They don’t. A Rand study showed that 55 percent of low-income respondents oppose taxpayer funding for abortion. It’s actually the wealthy (56 percent) who want taxpayer-funded abortions for the poor, according to the study.
Forcing taxpayers to fund abortions seems like an excuse for not helping low-income families in the ways they want to be helped. Instead of pushing taxpayer-funded abortions on women who don’t want them, we should be offering more resources to help pregnant and parenting moms and their babies.
If someone you know is pregnant and needs help, click here or call the Pennsylvania pregnancy hotline at 1-888-LIFE-AID.