The Woman’s March yesterday in Washington D.C. was apparently all about “reproductive rights,” and the threat posed, they say, by a Trump presidency. If such rights boil down to the right for a taxpayer funded abortion, I thought it might be interesting to pose this thought experiment:
Instead of insisting that the American taxpayer fund these odious procedures, why wouldn’t, say, the six richest women in America put up the money themselves? All six were at the March.
I wonder what rights, precisely, are under assault? In 2013, the last year for which statistics are available, there were 664,435 abortions performed in America. Those are the ones we know about. Seems the “right” is alive and well.
Anyway, I did a quick calculation this morning, the morning after the massive Woman’s March on Washington D.C., to see what would happen if the 6 or 7 richest women who attended the March paid for abortions themselves, rather than foisting this odious thing upon the American taxpayer. After all, these women (all of whom apparently attended the March) are rather quick to insist that I, a taxpayer, pay for a procedure so many of them see as a birthright (as oxymoronic as that is). I assume, further, that consistent with the liberal demand on any number of fronts that we “soak the rich,” the top six richest women at the march would be willing to be soaked. How long could they themselves, personally, pay for the 2013 abortions?
The Top Six and Their Worth (according to Forbes): Yoko Ono @ $500m, Streisand @ $370m, Madonna at $1Bn, Beyonce @ $610m, Cheryl Sandberg of Facebook at $1.4Bn, and Fonda @ $125m. I am not counting in Cher, who is worth $305m because, according to Forbes, her money is kept outside of America. Total? About $4 Billion dollars.
An abortion costs $200 or thereabouts. 664,435 abortions at $200 each totals about $133,000,000 a year. $4 Billion dollars could fund these for about 30 years. No government intervention needed.
Of course, this would mean that each of them give up their jets and multiple homes, but the cause would seem to be worth it.
Putting their money where their silly hats are. What a concept.
