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    1. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jun 9
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      Michael Tracey Retweeted Alexandra DeSanctis

      Why do abortion opponents think they’re entitled to a special exemption in this regard? I morally object to drone strikes, aid to Israel, mass surveillance, drug prohibition, and numerous other government expenditures, yet my tax dollars fund these thingshttps://twitter.com/xan_desanctis/status/1137364404301959169 …

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      Alexandra DeSanctisVerified account @xan_desanctis
      Joe Biden: I’m personally pro-life but I won’t oppose abortion because I don’t want to force my morality on people who disagree with it. Also Joe Biden: Abortion should be funded by people who disagree with it.
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    2. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jun 9
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      Which is to say: almost everyone ends up “paying for” government expenditures that they “disagree” with. Why do opponents of abortion deserve special privileges to not fund abortion-related programs? If you want abortion outlawed, use the legislative/legal process

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      Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jun 9
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      I know there are principled tax resisters who risk criminal penalties out of a sense of moral duty. But I don’t think most abortion opponents fall into that category. Rather, they demand a special exemption be carved out to suit their own particular moral objections

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        2. Hudson‏ @HCashny Jun 9
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          Bc it's a political compromise: majority of the country can prob agree that it's a woman's choice whether or not to kill her baby, that there is a time beyond which that's unacceptable, and that it's an acceptable compromise not forcing over half the country to finance murder.

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        1. DC‏ @collisindc Jun 9
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          I can, and will, continue to object in an unconstitutional ownership of our bodies by the government. Now they’ve decided that we aren’t real until we’re born. I’m glad you trust the government, but the rest of us don’t.

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        1. LeChina James  🇹🇼  🇭🇰  🇺🇸‏ @Franky_Banky Jun 9
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          It is carved out, under the 10th Amendment

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        1. Apollo Slater‏ @apolloslater Jun 9
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          Or taxation is theft and should be eliminated for everything.

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        1. Alex Wu‏ @sffrog25 Jun 9
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          I don't oppose abortion. I just oppose being force to pay for someone else's bill that I don't get any benefit in return.

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        1. dudleydoo‏ @Dudders8869 Jun 9
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          If abortion is a personal choice why isn't it also a personal expense?

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        1. mary beth ryan‏ @marybethryan13 Jun 9
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          So By this logic I can morally object to murder but refrain from imposing my morality on the topic onto anyone else? Isn’t that the entirety of our justice system ? imposing morality on those without it?

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        1. Chance Gardener‏ @ChanceBGardener Jun 10
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          It’s a special exemption in the sense that Congress has said no to public funding. There’s lots of stuff that Congress doesn’t fund.

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        1. Roger Smith‏ @Nuk3dawg Jun 10
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          The hyde amendment helps keep the peace...

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        2. Bronus Swagner‏ @BronusSwagner Jun 9
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          Tax resisters mostly just don't want to pay taxes and have decided they don't have to on the basis of one or another crackpot legal theory. Pro-lifers mostly believe that abortion is *murdering babies*

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        3.  ❌If Trump calls I will answer‏ @BCsknees Jun 9
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          it is

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        1. READ THE TRANSCRIPT‏ @DurtyBritchz Jun 9
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          What are they risking? What have been their penalties? Sources, please. Facts matter.

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        1. ShaneWolfe‏ @GBotMAB Jun 9
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          We don't have a right to demand not to be taxed for roads, that we will be using. Someone using abortion as a form of birth control? I dont think so. Not sure why a shriners type donation drive be utilized by those who support it

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        1. null‏ @waitwherethe Jun 9
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          Biden's statement is particularly reprehensible because his moral stance against abortion is because he believes it is a human being killed, but won't actually stand by it. Might as well have said I'm morally against murder but don't want to enforce my morals on others

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        1. kathykattenburg‏ @kathykattenburg Jun 9
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          That is exactly right. Supporters of the Hyde Amendment want to have their consciences respected when their consciences conflict w/govt policy, w/o accepting any legal consequences. That's not allowed for anything else.

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        1. Alice‏ @PrimetimePurity Jun 9
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          You should talk to more pro-lifers. The idea that the list of immoral things government funds should be expanded even further is laughable. I don't want to pay for abortions or drone strikes, which is why I take issue with the entire system of taxation. Progs should try that.

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        2. Secret Squirrel™  🕵️ covertly dispersing nutshells‏ @mjones206 Jun 9
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          This is what the Right does after all. they try to force government to impose their specific set of moral codes onto society, all the while complaining about government overreach.

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