Abortion, Pro-Life Hypocrisy, and the Aetna Denial Story

• 13:03Joke about pro-lifers being cool about it, just holding signs if they really believed abortion was murder.
• 13:17Tim's grandmother was devout Catholic but didn't believe a couple days of pregnancy meant carrying a child.
• 13:45She got mad at Republicans for wanting kids born but then not caring for them afterward.
• 13:58Religious people tend to be charitable in their own lives and don't want government doing it.
• 14:12Tim's issue: allowing religious beliefs to guide all politics lets the military state and drug companies operate unchecked.
• 15:03Aetna denied a girl with epileptic seizures coverage for minimally invasive brain surgery.
• 15:33People focused on unborn rights should look at that girl's situation and consider what compassion actually means.
• 15:56Evangelical in the car said he was trying to get an operation before the year ended because he didn't have the money.
• 16:15Tim: these people don't even pause at a story like that, even if they claim compassion as their guiding philosophy.
• 16:29A baby with brain tumors can be written off easily, which seems like a problem if compassion is your prevailing belief.

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