40% of Americans can't cover a $400 emergency expense

Re:40% of Americans can't cover a $400 emergency expense by prewett on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @03:03AM (#17131916)

This is kind of tangential, but I find it a sad commentary on our society when an abortion is considered a "fair unexpected expense" of a teenager. Abortion is 100% avoidable [1]. And regardless of your view on women's rights, etc. the fact is that a living human is killed in an abortion. "Don't have sex until you are okay with the possibility of getting pregnant" apparently isn't very popular, but the situation is entirely preventable. (I'm not trying to push an agenda here, just reacting.)

[1] Unless rape is involved, but that isn't the normal case. (Abortions because rape are 1%, according to http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/policy/abortion/abreasons.ht.... Disclaimer: I scanned the link for figures, I didn't try to figure out if it is pro- or anti- abortion.)

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Re:40% of Americans can't cover a $400 emergency expense by zaksoup on Thursday May 24, 2018 @03:01PM (#17147189)

You’re right, this is tangential, and frustratingly derailing from the point I was making.

> the fact is that a living human is killed in an abortion.

This is absolutely the talking point of somebody pushing an agenda and represnting it here as a simple “fact” is specious at best.

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