Dear so called 'fiscal conservative/must cut costs/reduce the debt above all else' Republicans.
I am going to keep this simple so you can understand it.
If you are a health provider or insurer: pregnancy/birth/ post natal care cost more than
no pregnancy/no birth/ no post natal care.
If you are an employer: pregnancy/birth/ post natal care cost more than
no pregnancy/no birth/ no post natal care
If you are an individual or couple: pregnancy/birth/ post natal care cost more than
no pregnancy/no birth/ no post natal care
I once had the astonishing experience of being denied $150 for an abortion, but being offered $700/ month of public funds to stay pregnant, have a kid and raise the kid.
Much has changed since those days, but if you are looking at healthcare and the workplace and people's economic lives, pregnancy costs more than no pregnancy. That's why we try to plan for it. GET IT?
If you are promoting cost cutting AND limiting women's reproductive choices you have a very deep, essential contradiction and hypocrisy at your core.
Anything you Republicans say about budgeting, healthcare, insurance and pregnancy is total bullshit, unless you understand this.
Now, would you please get back to making asses of yourselves in other ways , and let us try to live and improve our lives as we eke out our day to day ,month to month living , without throwing even more obstacles in our way?