As a pro-life guy, who doesn't want anyone to get abortions, then, what is your solution to unwanted pregnancy?
Don't have sex.
I presume you're not big on social programs like food stamps and welfare and housing assistance as it is today. Would I be wrong that you'd be against expanding these programs to support the number of unintended babies that lack of abortion must inevitably lead to?
Your presumption is false. I believe that solution to unwanted pregnancies is to stay away from an act that will cause pregnancy. However, humans are human, and will not always make the right decision. Therefore, I think social programs like food stamps, welfare, and housing are beneficial to unintended pregnancies, that was caused by the ignorance of the person having sex.
I don't mean just increasing the amount of government funding that goes into these programs, but you'd also need to invent new programs. Like 100% subsidized day care for the children of parents who can't afford it, let's say. Nothing luxurious, but proper preschools for kids whose single parent has to go to work. Would you vote for that?
Yes, indeed I would.
What about 100% government funded medical care for the child for its first five years of life, when a child absolutely needs professional medical supervision in the early stages of development?
Two things before I make my statement.
1. I am not a healthcare professional.
2. I am not an economic genius.
All I know is that about 23% of all healthcare, is child health care. And the idea your proposing would make that even less of a percentage given that it would be 0-5 years after birth.
So, I think that yes, I would agree with you in a sense. I think that all children without parental guardians, or suitable parental guardians should be given free healthcare from ages (let's say) 0-7 years after birth.
First, you'd have to support a completely medically accurate and fulsome curriculum of sex education, from about 10 years old. Why there? Because puberty and all those Satanic urges are right around the corner for almost all children. They ought to go into the battle well armed, right? Doesn't seem so bad, right? Well, unfortunately, many of these kids are going to start experimenting sexually early on. Are you willing to put taxpayer funded condoms in every school nurse's office, which children can take without telling their parents?
I think sex education is a crucial factor, when it comes to education, but not that early on.
I would say around high school years is when we should be providing information on what sex is, how it can change your life, and how to prevent it, if indeed some kids decide to act unresponsible with their body's.
Would this completely solve the problem? No. But it's the best solution I can think up for our current situation.
Humans will always fight law, and order. As well as societal norms and good guidelines. All we can do in most cases is warn and provide legal penalties for such actions.
Would you offer government subsidy for IUD's regardless of income status and age provided you're at the age of reprodution? So any female who's had her first period can say "Just to be safe, I'm going to get an IUD because I don't want to have a child."
Would you offer government subsidy for IUD's regardless of income status and age provided you're at the age of reprodution? So any female who's had her first period can say "Just to be safe, I'm going to get an IUD because I don't want to have a child." And the government pays for it? They're inexpensive compared to welfare for 18 years, right?
Well, if there inexpensive, then why don't more people use them?
I mean, you have the freedom to use them.
And they are inexpensive, so.... yeah.
Problem solved.
If you're saying we should provide them without cost, then no, because again:
Thats not how economics works.