This is a lawsuit that needs to happen going forward by Jon Lubar

 

  
Any state that will now force a woman to give birth to a baby she did not want, especially in the case of rape and incest, and also for medically dangerous pregnancies, must now pay for ALL of the medical and other expenses associated with the pregnancy, birth and care of that woman and the child until that child can be placed for adoption.

If the child is not adopted in a reasonable period of time and the woman still does not want that child, the state must place the child in a fully funded, well-regulated facility that will adequately care for it in all ways. The state cannot be allowed to impose an unfunded mandate on the woman and her family, if any. This law must also include the payment of lost wages for the time that the woman cannot work due to being pregnant and giving birth.

The irony here is that this law will force the pro-birth movement to become an actual pro-life movement. It will force the state to provide many of the social services that red states and politicians etc. incorrectly view as socialism and are otherwise ideologically opposed to.

This must include, at minimum, childcare and pre-school, and the mother of the child must be allowed to choose who provides all of these things herself. The state may not force her to place the child in any religious or other institution or favor the use of religious institutions in any way.

If the mother decides to care for the child herself until it’s adopted, the state must pay her to do that. If the state finds that this policy is too expensive, then the state must raise its own taxes on its citizens to bridge the gap. Since this is now a state’s rights issue, no federal monies may be sent to or used by the state to do this, and no financial shell games will be allowed. If states are “gonna talk the talk,” they must be FORCED “to walk the walk.”

An addendum to my piece on making anti-abortion states pay the full medical and childcare expenses of women who did not consent to becoming pregnant:

If suing rapists for damages doesn’t produce enough revenue to cover the state’s childcare expenses, then the states must tax Christian Churches (only) to make up the difference since it is those folks who for decades have been the driving force behind the pro-birth movement. Those tax funds may only be used to pay for all expenses associated with unwanted pregnancies, and they must be separate from any other state funds.