http://www.thefreemanonline.org/in-brief/abortion-threatens-health-insurance-overhaul/ Ideas on Liberty Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:40:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.thefreemanonline.org/in-brief/abortion-threatens-health-insurance-overhaul/comment-page-1/#comment-18970 Dan G In Montana Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:54:29 +0000 http://www.thefreemanonline.org/?p=13594#comment-18970 The issue of volitional or non-volitional acts is irrelevant to the current health care debate. Health insurance, as popularly (mis)understood, is now intended as a cradle-to-grave (or is it conception-to-grave for right-to-lifers) mechanism for funding health care. As such, it is not insurance and cannot work economically as insurance. Its a separate issue whether the legal medical procedure of abortion is moral. My fear is that many on the right would accept socialist medicine, provided that abortion were outlawed, while many on the left would trade away the freedom of choice, so long as they get their socialist medicine. The end result will be socialist medicine without women having the reproductive freedom of choice. The issue of volitional or non-volitional acts is irrelevant to the current health care debate. Health insurance, as popularly (mis)understood, is now intended as a cradle-to-grave (or is it conception-to-grave for right-to-lifers) mechanism for funding health care. As such, it is not insurance and cannot work economically as insurance. Its a separate issue whether the legal medical procedure of abortion is moral. My fear is that many on the right would accept socialist medicine, provided that abortion were outlawed, while many on the left would trade away the freedom of choice, so long as they get their socialist medicine. The end result will be socialist medicine without women having the reproductive freedom of choice.

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