Old stuff -- Band-aids and babies

What do you call a group of people who favor short-sighted band-aids for problems over fixing the gaping holes that caused the bleeding in the first place?
Answer: Republicans!
Oh, I make myself giggle.
Seriously, though…
Trying to ban abortion — at any stage — is nothing more than a band-aid.  It isn’t going to magically make women get pregnant less — surprise, people like to fuck! — and it isn’t going to make them safer — hello, coathanger!  You know what *will* create a state where there are fewer abortions?  Creating a state where there are fewer unwanted pregnancies.  It’s pretty simple math here: unwanted baby -> getting rid of unwanted baby.  Wow, difficult, I know, you totally need to have a post-doctorate degree in psychology *and* rhetoric to understand that one.
So, instead of banning abortion, why not actually provide a proper framework?
On the one side of the conception barrier, we can:

1. Educate about and encourage the use of contraceptives: condoms (yes, men, you’re on the hook here, too!), hormonal contraceptives, et cetera.
2. Teach people how to say no to sex, and how to say no to sexual practices they can’t handle — like sex without a condom.
3. Teach people how to have a good relationship in general and provide resources for abused women.

And on the other side:

1. Provide proper medical care and screening to pregnant women.
2. Get rid of the social stigma attached to being a single mom or unmarried with a kid.
3. Offer proper support so that parents can actually get a decent job — provide educational services, placement services, et cetera.
4. Provide actual opportunities for the child.  Public schools suck — kids born now have next to no opportunity unless they’re born into it.

So, maybe, instead of saying that abortion is the moral stain, maybe you should really look at where that ketchup is dripping from, yeah?