"Healthcare Bill Huge Blow to Reproductive Rights"

So saith the Huffpo. That wasn't the actual headline, but it was the teaser to get you to click on this link.

The Stupak amendment. It prevents the "healthcare" bill just passed (barely passed) by the Congress of the United States from paying for abortions, except when medically necessary to save the life of the mother (wink). This somehow is supposed to be an infringement on the "reproductive rights" of women. If you are stupid or intellectually lazy, or went to government schools (but I repeat myself) then you might agree that it IS an infringement on womens' rights.

Rights are something enforceable against someone else; enforceable by the government, against someone else on the behalf of a person with a right. For example, I have a RIGHT to have you not steal my car, and the Police will enforce that right for me, if you want to violate it.

For you to have a RIGHT to an abortion paid for by the government means that all of the following are true:

You have the right to the procedure.
You have the right to have the government pay for the procedure.
The government has no money, so they must take it from the citizenry.
The government has the legal ability to put people in JAIL for not paying taxes.
The government has in the past KILLED people for failure to comply with tax laws.
You therefore have the RIGHT to have an agent of the government go KILL SOMEBODY for not paying for the procedure.
Furthermore:
You have the right to the procedure.
Someone must provide the procedure, if you are to have it.
If that someone does not want to provide the procedure, the government may compel them to do it for you.
The abortion 'doctor' has NO right to decline you the procedure.
The 'doctor' must agree to take whatever the government is willing to pay for the procedure.
The abortion doctor must comply and give you the procedure, or be fined, imprisoned, or KILLED by the government.
For not providing you with the procedure which it is your RIGHT to have.

therefore, because all of the foregoing is NOT true, you have NO RIGHT to abortion paid for by the government. Reproductive Rights is a code phrase for forcing ME the taxpayer, to fund YOUR abortion.

This is the exact same argument applied to socialized "nationalized" health care, single-payer health care, etc. You have no RIGHT to health care. You do have the right to have a legitimate medical procedure performed, provided you are willing to pay an agreeable amount of money to a doctor who willingly does it for that amount. You do not have the right to put a government-run machine gun to Mr. Rich Man's head and force him to pay your medical bills.

. . . leaving aside entirely, the argument that health care is - if it is a government concern at all - a city, county, or at most a State concern, and the Federal government has no legitimate part to play in an individual citizen's health care, except to try to prevent a national enemy from blowing you up.

. . . also leaving aside the fact that you are wanting to force your fellow citizens to pay a doctor to murder your child for you.