Government assistance for unplanned pregnancies

POSTED: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 - 8:37am
UPDATED: Monday, June 25, 2012 - 5:20pm
TYLER — Study estimates show, unintended pregnancies cost taxpayers an estimated $11.1 billion a year.
Nearly two-thirds of those unplanned pregnancies, are publicly funded by medicaid and other government programs.
KTBB's Garth Maier asks, "Would teen birth rates decline if there were less government help?"
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I didn't say anything about abortion in this post. I said the key to prevent govt hand-outs starts with birth control. The Republican rhetoric in 2012 has been openly hostile against birth control. There is too much empirical evidence that abstience only education does not work. It's really great that you love the women in your life, but I think the more relevant question is: do you trust them to make their own decisions with their bodies?
Hey tonks, is abortion the only womens' health issue and not used for birth control, or is it the only form of birth control ,or is it conditional. I can't tell from your posts. We're not against birth control measures, I know, you abhor abstanance as unacceptable. Better to prevent than the wholesale slaughter of innocent life. We're all for womens' health. we very much love the women in our lives. We stand against abortion because all human life is valuable. Abortion devalues human life.
i think the child should be born with all the technology there is .but the government hand outs after need to stop for example my ex wife has 4 children all by different men when we split up i saw a receipt from her food stamp card the new balance on it was 1100.00 why in the hell does a person get that much government hand out i could understand 100.00 per child nothing for adults per month but they should have to take a drug test each month because i know for a fact she sells n trades for dru
You need education and birth control. Why are Republicans so against birth control? Why are they so against Planned Parenthood?? You want to stop govt-dependent pregnancies, then hand out the birth control and stop griping about it.











