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If US conservatives are serious about reducing the number of abortions, why won't they support sex ed and universal healthcare?

Case in point, New Zealand, where abortion is legal but the per capita rate is only a fraction of that in the US. Comprehensive, evidence based sex education in school and access to birth control stop most unwanted pregnancies from happening in the first place. Support for mothers and families who want to have babies (including access to healthcare, family leave , subsidized childcare, child tax credits, safety nets for struggling families etc) so they don't feel the need to abort for financial reasons.

If conservatives in the US are truly worried about lowering abortion rates, they would be fighting for these things rather than focusing on women's healthcare choices. 

Posted - July 30
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  • 4716
    Good point, but it would seem that they really don't care about women having abortions, just that they can control what women do with their bodies.  
      July 31, 2025 7:57 AM MDT
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  • 35526
    Sex Ed is fine. 
    I do not want the gov in charge of Healthcare. The only problem I have ever had was from the gov causing the Dr to have to jump through hoops to be able to run the tests he wanted to run.   But instead he had to do several needless costly procedures first.  Then the gov vetoing meds that the Dr prescribed.  Again, causing the Dr to have to jump through hoops and argue with them to get it approved.


    This post was edited by my2cents at August 2, 2025 6:19 AM MDT
      August 2, 2025 6:18 AM MDT
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  • 17306
    You don't have a clue how universal healthcare works, do you? It's private insurers who cause doctors to jump through hoops, then veto treatments as being "too expensive" - or slapping massive copays on them. 
    All the government does down here is pay for the treatment that qualified physicians prescribe. Finis. The only time they get involved beyond that is approving narcotics where absolutely necessary - it does require Health Department approval to prescribe drugs of dependence, except during a hospital stay where post-operative opioids may be the only reasonable pain relief option (I had a morphine button for 72 hours after my discectomy and fusion, programmed to release no more than one dose every six hours).
    Do you know how many nations where medical bankruptcies occur? One.
    The only losers in a UHC system are the insurance company shareholders, and I'm not losing any sleep over them.
      August 2, 2025 11:40 PM MDT
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