Opinion of the Issue, part 61

[Associate Justice PiT]

32	Criminal Trials by Jury	81.3; 9.4; 0.0; 3.1; 6.3
1	Women in the Military	83.3; 5.6; 11.1; 0.0; 0.0
49	Permit Plea Bargaining	83.3; 4.2; 8.3; 4.2; 0.0
38	Aid for Importing Prescription Drugs	40.0; 46.7; 0.0; 6.7; 6.7
37	Water as a Public Good	80.0; 6.7; 0.0; 0.0; 13.3
9	Legalize Prostitution	73.1; 11.5; 0.0; 3.8; 11.5
19	Legalize Marijuana	74.0; 10.0; 0.0; 6.0; 10.0
31	Jury Nullification	79.2; 4.2; 4.2; 4.2; 8.3
53	Allow Airlines to Charge for Passengers who Require Extra Seats	73.0; 8.1; 0.0; 5.4; 13.5
55	Legalize Brothels	70.6; 8.8; 5.9; 2.9; 11.8
25	Job Outsourcing	58.6; 20.7; 6.9; 0.0; 13.8
6	Allow Gay Marriage	75.9; 6.9; 0.0; 0.0; 17.2
17	Government-Sponsored Health Care	62.5; 15.0; 0.0; 7.5; 15.0
47	Reduce Student Loan Interest	64.3; 10.7; 3.6; 0.0; 21.4
26	Line-Item Veto	47.8; 26.1; 0.0; 8.7; 17.4
22	Nuclear Power	58.6; 13.8; 6.9; 6.9; 13.8
18	Eliminate the Deficit	40.0; 32.0; 12.0; 4.0; 12.0
29	Doctor-Assisted Suicide	56.7; 13.3; 0.0; 10.0; 20.0
30	Reduce Military Funding	60.0; 8.6; 0.0; 8.6; 22.9
4	Free Trade Expansion	41.7; 25.0; 2.8; 11.1; 19.4
60	Require seatbelts to be worn	42.4; 21.2; 3.0; 6.1; 27.3
44	Reduce Stop Light Cameras	51.5; 9.1; 12.1; 9.1; 18.2
52	Right to Nuclear Energy	52.0; 8.0; 4.0; 12.0; 24.0
10	Legalize Selling Human Body Parts	44.0; 16.0; 0.0; 8.0; 32.0
5	Legalize Hard Drugs	31.3; 28.1; 6.3; 9.4; 25.0
23	Protect Strikers' Jobs	50.0; 7.7; 0.0; 19.2; 23.1
54	Mediate Regional Conflicts	18.9; 37.8; 2.7; 16.2; 24.3
15	Campaign Finance Reform	40.6; 15.6; 3.1; 6.3; 34.4
51	Sin Taxes	36.7; 16.7; 3.3; 10.0; 33.3
16	Funding of Religious Charities	19.4; 35.5; 3.2; 16.1; 25.8
21	Offshore Drilling	30.3; 24.2; 15.2; 12.1; 18.2
48	Eliminate Permanent Security Council Positions	43.5; 8.7; 4.3; 17.4; 26.1
56	Protect Animals Raised for Food	43.3; 6.7; 3.3; 10.0; 36.7
46	Marque and Reprisal against Piracy and Terrorism	30.0; 20.0; 20.0; 10.0; 20.0
33	Reduce the Corporate Tax	36.7; 10.0; 6.7; 16.7; 30.0
59	Decentralize Government Power	42.9; 3.6; 10.7; 0.0; 42.9
34	Limit CO2 emissions	27.3; 18.2; 18.2; 18.2; 18.2
45	Eliminate Copyrights	38.5; 3.8; 3.8; 15.4; 38.5
50	Public School Uniforms	26.7; 13.3; 3.3; 3.3; 53.3
8	Punish Illegal Immigrants	26.9; 11.5; 0.0; 7.7; 53.8
43	Shorten Prison Sentences	22.7; 13.6; 18.2; 9.1; 36.4
39	Increase Foreign Aid	25.0; 10.7; 3.6; 14.3; 46.4
42	Mandatory Public School Attendance	26.5; 8.8; 0.0; 17.6; 47.1
14	Privatize Social Security	31.3; 3.1; 9.4; 12.5; 43.8
41	Continue Monetary Aid to Israel	22.9; 11.4; 0.0; 17.1; 48.6
57	Judges' Right to Give Death Penalty	26.3; 7.9; 5.3; 5.3; 55.3
35	Require Helmets for Skiing	18.2; 15.2; 3.0; 3.0; 60.6
13	Reduce Federal-Owned Lands	24.0; 8.0; 24.0; 12.0; 32.0
40	Permit Segregation in Prisons	18.2; 13.6; 4.5; 18.2; 45.5
12	Stricter Gun Control	22.6; 3.2; 9.7; 16.1; 48.4
7	Eliminate the Income Tax	16.1; 9.7; 0.0; 6.5; 67.7
11	Restrict Abortion	22.9; 0.0; 5.7; 20.0; 51.4
27	Allow Procedural Filibuster	13.6; 9.1; 4.5; 9.1; 63.6
28	Government Price Controls	14.8; 3.7; 7.4; 18.5; 55.6
20	Censor Indecent Broadcasts	3.7; 14.8; 0.0; 18.5; 63.0
24	Support NCLB	8.0; 8.0; 4.0; 32.0; 48.0
3	Return to the Gold Standard	9.1; 4.5; 4.5; 9.1; 72.7
2	Support the Patriot Act	4.0; 4.0; 4.0; 12.0; 76.0
36	Ability to ban Films and Video Games	5.6; 0.0; 2.8; 13.9; 77.8
58	Affirmative Action	3.4; 0.0; 10.3; 17.2; 69.0

[Mint]

Lean No. That's not to say I'd object to them being provided by the government in emergency circumstances though.

[Vepres]

No because the vast majority of abortions are not life threatening, and therefore government shouldn't be involved.

[RI]

Definitely not, for the same reasons Vepres said.

[RIP Robert H Bork]

Absolutely not!

[Lunar]

Does the government fund most specialty clinics?  I don't believe so.

[Ebowed]

Abortion would be covered by any reasonable health care plan, including a public one.

(runs for shelter)

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

As a general rule no, tho I would not be opposed to government run health insurance programs paying for abortions necessary for the physical health of the mother or where the fetus is determined to be unlikely to be viable if carried to term.

[AkSaber]

Absolutely not!

Same here.

[Associate Justice PiT]

Absolutely not!

Same here.

     Agreed.

[Lunar]

Does the government fund most specialty clinics?  I don't believe so.

Again.

Does the government fund, say, dermatologist clinics?  I don't think so.  How about dentists?  I don't see why women's health/abortion clinics would be any different.

This question is a bit funky.  A more controversial thing is what maybe a dozen or so states have done which is require insurance companies to cover abortions for poor people [or forbid state-subsidization for poor people's insurance to cover abortions]

[dead0man]

Absolutely not!

Same here.

     Agreed.

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[Platypus]

If there is going to be abortion, then yes. It is the poorer women who would suffer otherwise, or those who live in conservative areas. I hate the govt being involved in this kind of area, but I hate inequitable access to medicine more.

[Person Man]

Lean No.  Taxing an individual to pay for something against his religion and is not an a substantial state interest is in violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendment. However, like organ modification for the obese, it should be allowed if it is an emergency or criminal situation. However, I would allow state funding for abortion arising out of an unforeseable circumstance...but not federal funding.

[Earth]

Does the government fund most specialty clinics?  I don't believe so.

Again.

Does the government fund, say, dermatologist clinics?  I don't think so.  How about dentists?  I don't see why women's health/abortion clinics would be any different.

This question is a bit funky.  A more controversial thing is what maybe a dozen or so states have done which is require insurance companies to cover abortions for poor people [or forbid state-subsidization for poor people's insurance to cover abortions]

Lunar summed it up nicely.

[Frodo]

If you mean the federal government, then no. 

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Absolutely not!

Same here.

     Agreed.

[MK]

If there is going to be abortion, then yes. It is the poorer women who would suffer otherwise, or those who live in conservative areas. I hate the govt being involved in this kind of area, but I hate inequitable access to medicine more.

[Lunar]

The government subsidizing poor people's abortions is not "funding abortion clinics" any more than food stamps are "funding grocery stores."

[Ebowed]

Taxing an individual to pay for something against his religion and is not an a substantial state interest is in violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendment.

If anyone in power really believed that, capital punishment would be abolished and we wouldn't be bogged down in Iraq presently.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

The government subsidizing poor people's abortions is not "funding abortion clinics" any more than food stamps are "funding grocery stores."

Food stamps do fund grocery stores, so what is your point?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

They do, but that's not the intention of them. They're different from direct subsidies to grocery stores, which would be an equivalent.

[Magic 8-Ball]

Does the government fund most specialty clinics?  I don't believe so.

Again.

Does the government fund, say, dermatologist clinics?  I don't think so.  How about dentists?  I don't see why women's health/abortion clinics would be any different.

This question is a bit funky.  A more controversial thing is what maybe a dozen or so states have done which is require insurance companies to cover abortions for poor people [or forbid state-subsidization for poor people's insurance to cover abortions]

This is more nicely worded than what I would have typed, but I agree completely.

[Coburn In 2012]

No.  It should however try the people who run them for genocide