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Aborted fetuses do not cry. As someone who works in a funeral home, I can assure you that ALL stillborn fetuses are put in buckets - it sounds horrible, but it is how it has to be done. It's not contradicting to hold all of those views. Carrying a baby to term is a medical decision, carrying a number of risks to the mother. If a woman with her doctor decides to not undertake that task, it should be her right to terminate the fetus. However, if someone else does something to that fetus, the mother is clearly harmed and legal structures should be in place to prevent that. Finally, as a recent study has shown, outlawing abortion does not affect the rate of abortion, but does make abortion safer.
I just can't agree with anyone who thinks marriage is a religious matter. Marriage is a civil union that many people solemnize through a religious ceremony. Rationalizing the stance by saying it's not a federal matter is like saying the feds should have stayed out of civil rights issues in the 60s. Just because states want something, doesn't mean they should be allowed to do it.
As you can see here Dr. Paul voted "aye" to the Largent of Oklahoma Amendment. He did vote against the funding bill itself, but that's kind of irrelevant.
Anecdotal arguments against universal health care are completely empty. The simple fact is, the United States pays far more per capita on health care than any other industrialized nation and has nothing to show for it. Our health outcomes are at best on par with the rest of the West and in many areas worse. Our life expectancy is significantly lower than other industrialized nations. How are those countries able to provide the same or better outcomes for less? Universal healthcare.
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