Beyond the Party Line | Episode 523

You know, so like, like I was talking about with, with the abortion issue, I, as a Republican, I feel that abortion should be an option under certain circumstances.

Um, I, I don't think that it should be abused, and I think that most people would agree with that.

Um, I, I'm curious to have conversations with women who support abortion.

Do they realize that Pennsylvania allows abortion up to 24 weeks? A lot of them m- probably don't.

They probably think that we're one of those six week or, or less states.

So what do you, how do you answer people who claim that Republicans are not pro-life, they're pro-birth? I believe that Republicans are pro-life.

However, with the elimination of a lot of the safety nets that, uh, I think a lot of the MAGA force is pro-birth rather than pro-life.

How are we going to support these individuals after they were born?

And that's part of the solution with it.

So-

Yes.

Yes.

Let's get out of, let's get into the solution.

So here's my thing.

Again, I went through the fertility, or well in- and the infertility, not the fertility, fertility treatments for infertility.

Um, we talked about abor- uh, we, we talked about adoption, and there isn't really a whole lot...

Uh, there are adoption options within the United States, but those lists are so long and so difficult to get onto.

And it comes down to, well, if you want to adopt a baby, good luck, because, you know, there, there are long, long lists for adopting a baby.

You know, I have friends who went through the, instead of straight up adoption, they went through the foster system, and they fostered to adoption type of situation.

And I think that that's a great opportunity for things because, again, some of these children are born into a situation that they have no control over, and it might be, pardon my language, a shitty situation.

Um, you know, so if, if the state steps in and says, you know, "You, you f- you're doing drugs instead of watching your kid.

You know, y- we, we've had some health calls.

You know, your, your kid comes into school bruised every time, or your kid doesn't come to school at all." Like tho- those are things that, that are of concern that a parent is not parenting the child properly, and it's creating a, a concern, especially health-wise for the child, you know? So we're, w- C- CYS is gonna step in.

We're, we're gonna, we're gonna take that child.

Now, CYS tries to keep the child with family.