On one side, we have the "give women more money and don't give them any less" and on the other side we have "treat men and women equally." Hey, I don't have anything against pro lifers. I just don't understand the pro life people who expect women to pop out babies and then use the people with whom those women associate to pay for it (by 'it,' I mean the birthing and rearing of a child).
If a woman is poor and she has a rich guy's baby, is that because she wanted to steal his money? Maybe, but it's more likely that poor women procreate with the sperm of younger or poorer men who are
- in higher availability,
- generally less educated than their older, more wealthy counterparts,
- less prepared to endure the financial and social ramifications of parenthood and thus more easily manipulated by harassment and intimidation
Interestingly, many of these pro lifers are staunch capitalists, yet they expect men to submit to a policy for the purpose of
social welfare.
