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From my perspective it's about ensuring the population continues to increase. This ensures that the economy continues to get bigger and the workforce also continues to increase. This allows employers to keep wages low. Plus the anti-abortion voters are really stupid and will vote for any candidate that supports the anti-abortion issue.
mookulator@lemmy.world 1 year ago
When somebody powerful does something perplexing, my guess is usually “because money”. Is that the case here? I’m not that informed about how politicians get their money…
Foggyfroggy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yes, but in a much larger way. In Texas alone, changes to the law last year have resulted in 9,000 excess births compared to before. This is a future source of tax revenue and labor. Many states are losing young people to better jobs, opportunity, and quality of life and this helps slow that loss.
Cities, states, and countries get their money from taxes. Sales, income, or property tax paid by people and companies goes directly to pay for things like firefighters, park benches, and health and safety inspections.
Politicians get their money from companies who want to change laws in their favor. Different companies support different candidates depending on their needs.
missveeronica@lemmynsfw.com 1 year ago
Nobody has honestly given you an answer beyond, hur, during Republicans are bad. What some don’t want to admit is that a lot of GOP voters believe a fetus is a baby at conception. Full stop. They see abortion as someone ending a life. And there is nothing you can do to reason with them.
I’m a pro-choice Republican. I draw the lime at anything over 12 weeks, though. And I don’t like that some people use it as a form of birth control. Are condoms not cheap enough? They are cheaper than an abortion. So, why not use that?
BTW, read up on Margaret Sainger, the founder of Planned Parenthood. She legitimately was a racist with quotes to prove it.