Brace yourselves, folks. We’ve heard a lot — and we mean a lot — of awful arguments in favor of abortion, but this may very well take the cake:
The 20-week abortion ban being voted on soon would add $175M to the federal deficit due to increased birthshttps://t.co/tMMuP7DcJK
— Alex Ruoff (@Alexruoff) October 3, 2017
From the CBO’s analysis of H.R. 36, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act:
CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 36 would increase direct spending, primarily for Medicaid in order to cover the costs of additional births under the act. Because the number of abortions that would be averted due to the act is very uncertain, the extent of that additional Medicaid spending is also very uncertain. Depending on the number of additional births under H.R. 36, such Medicaid costs could range from about $65 million over the next 10 years to about $335 million over that period. Using an assumption that, under the act, about three-quarters of the abortions that would occur 20 weeks or more after fertilization under current law would instead occur earlier, and the remaining one-quarter would not occur so those pregnancies would be taken to term, CBO estimates that federal spending for Medicaid would rise by $175 million over the 2018-2027 period.
Full-term pregnancies? Additional births? Well, we certainly can’t have that!
https://twitter.com/JesseKellyDC/status/915324766252232704
What. https://t.co/Tj4865LRgu
— Karol Markowicz (@karol) October 3, 2017
https://twitter.com/sirensoIiIoquy/status/915322574455832576
And … that’s awful. Absolutely awful.
Woo-boy…that's a humdinger of a talking point right there.
— Hellion 2172 (@hellion2172) October 3, 2017
Using this logic, mass murderers such as the Vegas shooter actually reduce the federal deficit…. https://t.co/NLpNUBXq1S
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) October 3, 2017
This is the worst pro-choice talking point in the history of pro-choice talking points. https://t.co/umo2ogt6JB
— Crusty Gobblestein (@NathanWurtzel) October 3, 2017
If it’s not at the top of the list, it’s certainly right up there.
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/915321938330963974
https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/915321413896163330
It should really be something.
Wow. Infanticide saves money, y'all! https://t.co/u1Zl6M2ANz
— Matthew DesOrmeaux ⚜ (@authoridad) October 3, 2017
Yes, best kill them off now before they start costing money #eugenics https://t.co/Qgy37qMB4F
— Michele Frost (@michelelfrost) October 3, 2017
https://twitter.com/Moj_kobe/status/915322526175158272
So much for For The Children™, huh?
https://twitter.com/Oil_Guns_Merica/status/915325386891812864
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Update:
BREAKING: House passes #PainCapable bill, banning most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Vote: 237 to 189.
— Jason Calvi (@JasonCalvi) October 3, 2017
Hope the CBO’s not too disappointed.
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