117th United States Congress: #CancelGate

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[archibaldcrane]

Any reason why someone cant be pro-life but also be against making abortions illegal?

It's weird to be fired up to enshrine abortion rights in the constitution and consider yourself pro-life, yes.

[Mertron]

so are we supposed to abort the constitution then

[Tyrath]

There are no pro-life people, they are just anti-choice.

[arus2001]

Yeah, the whole "pro-life" thing falls apart the moment a baby exits the womb. And where to begin on conservative, capitalist policies to even address that...

[Day]

Any reason why someone cant be pro-life but also be against making abortions illegal?

Pretty close to describing me, but I consider myself pro choice but lemme tell you its just barely over the line lol

[kuronosan]

Pro-life is just a propagandist way to make pro-choice people sound anti-life.

[Day]

thats deep bro

[archibaldcrane]

https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/st...scetfoHDQ&s=19
https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/st...7MTw4iQ9w&s=19

[Day]

well heres a guy you can trust

[kuronosan]

We have a really good chance at having a better than not good chance!

[Byrthnoth]

Statistics is correct more often than uninformed fortune telling, but the incentives and communication strategy for public consumption are identical.

[Dimmauk]

Yeah, the whole "pro-life" thing falls apart the moment a baby exits the womb. And where to begin on conservative, capitalist policies to even address that...

I'm Pro Death.

[Qalbert]

It's weird to be fired up to enshrine abortion rights in the constitution and consider yourself pro-life, yes.

Personally, both from my own background being adopted and general feelings on the issue, I would not advocate for it on the individual level unless medically necessary for my hypothetical partner, and while I acknowledge it is ultimately her choice I do find it sits poorly with me and could potentially affect the relationship (hard to know since it's all speculative on my part). I also recognize on a broader societal scale it is absolutely necessary and should be written into law. This may be hypocritical in some ways but it's my current stance.

[Andalusian girls]

it is not especially strange, private morality should not dictate all public law

[archibaldcrane]

it is not especially strange, private morality should not dictate all public law

My point is that in the American context people generally mean "abortion should be illegal" when they say they are pro-life, not "under no circumstances would I get one but other people can do whatever"

[archibaldcrane]

https://twitter.com/JesseJenkins/sta...nJYcaREDw&s=19

[archibaldcrane]

Dunno how many lower income homeowners we have in here but

https://twitter.com/archibaldcrane/s...19436330364928

Find your area's median income (and chart your family size) here: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datas..._Geography.odn

For households between 80% and 150% AMI (probably a lot of posters here), you get half-off these upgrades instead of 100% off.

[arus2001]

Assuming by panel that means solar panel installs? How would people living off retirement funds relate?

[archibaldcrane]

Assuming by panel that means solar panel installs? How would people living off retirement funds relate?

No, the electric panel that the power feed going to your house attaches to. Most older homes have 80 or 100 amp panels but often need to upgrade to a 200 amp panel for central AC and other various home electrification projects.

And yes, retired homeowners with modest incomes may also hugely benefit from these programs.