Supreme Court Overturns Roe vs. Wade

Re:Supreme Court Overturns Roe vs. Wade by floxy on Friday June 24, 2022 @05:49PM (#31869862)

Just for the non-US persons reading along, below are a few US Federal government programs for poor people. Some states (most?) have additional programs as well for some things, or supplement federal programs.

  - WIC (https://www.fns.usda.gov/wic)

>The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides federal grants to states for supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition education for low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and non-breastfeeding postpartum women, and to infants and children up to age 5 who are found to be at nutritional risk. WIC serves about half of all infants born in the United States.

  - Food Stamps (SNAP - https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program)
  - Medicaid (Health care for poor people) https://www.medicaid.gov/
  - Section 8 subsidized housing (https://www.benefits.gov/benefit/710)

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Re:Supreme Court Overturns Roe vs. Wade by DoreenMichele on Saturday June 25, 2022 @08:07AM (#31874542)

All those programs have a reputation for being wholly inadequate. Better to let a woman abort a baby she's not prepared for for than tell her "But you will qualify for aid programs!"

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Re:Supreme Court Overturns Roe vs. Wade by trs8080 on Friday June 24, 2022 @06:21PM (#31870225)

Are you of the belief that the conservatives who support overturning Roe also support WIC, SNAP, Medicaid, and Section 8 housing? Because the traditional conservative viewpoint is that these programs should be completely eliminated.

I believe this is what OP is referring to - the same people who supposedly believe in the sanctity of human life are also the first to cut any programs that support it. So it's difficult to take their "pro-life" arguments in good faith.

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