The Right Wing is becoming unhinged over SCHIP expansion.
Mark Hemingway says that they "went on to have a baby anyway." He argues in a later post that "a married couple that has been talking about having kids for years, but has failed to sacrifice financially or make basic economic preparations to pay for their first kid, is acting irresponsibly." Meaning working class married couples shouldn't have kids.
He goes on to say, "How many people are in less than optimal jobs because of good benefits for their dependents?" I thought nobody was in less than optimal jobs in the Bush economy with all those tax cuts for the working class. How does the middle class move up in America if they are chasing less than optimal jobs with healthcare? I guess married couples should find "less than optimal jobs" with health insurance before having kids. And unless these jobs are found married couples should not have kids.
But when Stephen Spruiell says, "We all know that the only way to avoid having children you're unprepared for is to abort them.", I almost fell out of my chair laughing.
Let's go down the checklist of Republican Conservative positions on "ways to avoid having children you're unprepared for":
Planned Parenthood - against
Sex Education - against
Contraceptives - against
Birth Control - against
Emergency Contraception - against
Abortion - against
Abstinence - Ding, ding, ding we have a winner.
There are many ways in the real world to avoid having children. But in the fantasy world of the American Taliban there is only one way to not get pregnant: Abstinence.
So the argument that Republicans are trying to push forward through the right wing echo chamber is that married couples who can't find jobs with health insurance thus allowing their children to go without coverage are irresponsible parents and should not have children in the first place.
Following that weird logic would lead one to believe that married couples without a job that provides health insurance should abstain from sex.
Is the right wing telling married couples abstinence is only path to responsible parenthood?