Pro-choice and consistency
I was listening to talk radio in the car yesterday, and I heard a religious conservative complain about the liberal, “pro-choice” lobby. I don’t agree with the man, but it made me think of a question for the liberals the man was addressing:
Why shouldn’t the right to choose what you do with your body apply to your choices in health care?
Liberals are usually considered “pro-choice,” and the reason is that they believe a woman should have the right to decide what she does with her body. But when it comes to health care, the belief in that right seems to go away. Socialized health care is all about forcing people when it comes to what they want to do with their money, what doctors patients can see, what doctors are allowed to do, and overall limiting what health care is available. And that’s in direct conflict with the right many claim to uphold: the right to choose what you do with your body.
If that logic was applied back towards the issue of abortion, it would be like saying, “Yes, you have the right to choose an abortion. But, you’ll need to meet with one of our counselors first. Then if you are approved, you must go to the doctor that we have assigned to you. You can only do it within the time frame that we have selected, and you must pay the government-established rate. Now, exercise your right to choose!”
I believe that individuals should have the right to choose what they do with their bodies. I wish people would uphold that right more consistently.
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