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Re:Supreme Court Overturns Roe vs. Wade by kennywinker on Friday June 24, 2022 @11:03AM (#31863265)
You’re just describing a trolly problem. If you believe a foetus has more right to autonomy than the person carrying it, but you don’t believe in making sure that all children have what they need to survive, you’re avoiding “killing” by direct action in favor of killing by neglecting to act.

As for paying for it… no taxes need to be raised. Just divert 1/1000th of the money going to the military.

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Re:Supreme Court Overturns Roe vs. Wade by HideousKojima on Friday June 24, 2022 @11:11AM (#31863449)
>You’re just describing a trolly problem.

Except the child's death isn't guaranteed if we fail to implement universal healthcare/free school lunches/insert welfare program here, so it's not really a normal trolley problem. And that's before you get into potential adverse second order effects of such programs.

>Just divert 1/1000th of the money going to the military.

GP mentioned universal healthcare as one of the ways in which to support children after birth, I don't think $800 million is going to be enough to cover it.

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Re:Supreme Court Overturns Roe vs. Wade by kennywinker on Friday June 24, 2022 @12:58PM (#31865643)
There are cases where it will literally be a trolly problem. E.g. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/andrea-prudente-incomplete-misc...
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