Is Conservatism Really Fiscally Responsible? (Part 1: Family Planning)

In this wee series, I (very, very) lightly — and with a pinch of humour — take a peek at what it means to be a conservative in a late-stage capitalist oligarchy essentially wondering if Conservatism really has anything to do with fiscal responsibility.

Part 1: Contraception and Abortion

Conservative factions in North America are increasingly denying families and women access to reasonable family planning. This trend seems weird to me. I feel like if you’re really a conservative — a person who values things like restraint, fiscal responsibility, rationality — would you really want people to be saddled with way too many kids?

How is abortion and contraception related to fiscal responsibility?

If we take away the insanity of extreme religious views, the cynicism of political manipulation, and the just plain crazy, what does forcing women to have children they don’t want and didn’t plan have anything to do with fiscal conservatism?

Yes. The Patriarchy. Yes. The theory here is that keeping women barefoot and pregnant, literally and figuratively, will control them and will keep them as slaves in the home. I am not saying I agree with this. But it’s easy to see…