Its about spending tax dollars on abortions. They won't come out and say it up front, but that's what its really all about.

When conservatives want an abortion, they can go get one. They have the resources, both to travel to where they are available, and to pay whatever it takes to have it done discreetly and safely. But they have no intention of shelling out their cash, through government programs, to provide abortions to anyone who doesn't deserve it. And they think about it in exactly those terms. They are "nice folks", they need abortions to correct a terrible mistake. When other people need an abortion its because they are self-indulgent and immoral and will not take responsibility for their actions. I'm old enough to remember how people talked before Roe v Wade. They didn't want the white trash to get abortions with their tax dollars. Of course, if it cut down on the number of Negroes... THAT was the conversation. The abortion debate is really a minor skirmish in the bigger socialized medicine war.

Sure, there are a lot of poor people who are opposed to abortions, for moral or political reasons, or because of religious considerations. But this is really about money. Conservatives think people should pay for their own medical care, and they are willing to let people die of easily treatable diseases or routine medical conditions so they don't have to pay for any medical care.

The loud voices from the churches and the moral majority are a sideshow. They have been enlisted in the fight. But the generals just see this as a tax issue.

Yeah, you have every right to be furious.