The House of Representatives voted recently, in what will be an entirely symbolic gesture, to make illegal any taxpayer funding of abortions.  The Republicans in control of the House cite all manner of statistics but their argument falls entirely on an unsustainable premise. They don’t want any person who is morally opposed to abortion to have any portion of their tax dollars go to paying for one.  On its face this seems a generous and even somewhat reasonable stance.  Of course, like many other liberal attempts to legislate through the back door, this one is fraught with impossible philosophical obstacles.  Simplest and most important is that as a representative democracy the rule of law is a function of both the constitution and civil consent.  Individual moral codes are in almost no case considered an acceptable reason to deviate from the legal process.  For instance, if you are a conscientious objector in the military you can and will be placed in a job that is not objectionable within the military.  You may be passing paper instead of ammo but in the Army you will stay.  I have serious moral objection to our endless funding of unemployment insurance but I cannot conceive of a legal argument that would exempt me from my share of that burden.  I am deeply morally opposed to increased federal spending in the face of massive deficits and debt.  Nonetheless, I am honor bound and legally obligated to pay my taxes.  So must those who oppose  abortion or the death penalty or end of life counseling by government insurance agents or buying bullets for the U.S. Marines.

If you want an end to abortion cite the unequivocal science that shows abortion is murder and vote in legislators and presidents who will make laws and appoint judges who will strike down the tortured logic of Roe.  In the meantime stop circumventing the system and playing the rules and the country for suckers.