Bob Minchin mentions that any true conservative is appalled by intrusive agencies and overbearing regulations. He then proceeds to completely contradict those principles as he talks about regulating abortion. A government telling a woman what to do with her body is not only intrusive and overbearing but also degrading. Comparing abortion to genocide is offensive toward all people who have lived through an actual genocide.
It is not right to “punish” a girl for having sex by forcing her to have a baby and then pay to raise it. Conservatives will fight for that fetus until it is actually born and then refuse to give it welfare.
Conservatives, make up your mind. Will it be an overbearing and intrusive government that regulates everything, or will people be allowed their individual rights and liberties?
Editor's note: This letter refers to this column.
