Sam Hurst on Health Care, Abortion, and Rational Action

Bless Sam Hurst for his column in the June 23 Rapid City Journal. Don't let the title -- "It's Time to Make State an Abortion-Free Zone" -- fool you: he's not blowing the Leslee-Unruh trumpet for a legislated ban, but proposing practical steps we could take to reduce the abortion rate in South Dakota from 800 a year to 10. As Wham implored us, if you're gonna do it, do it right....

Note, among other great points, Hurst's comments on the absurdity of a health insurance system that doubles his daughter's premium as she turns 19 because of the generally higher medical expenses of her sex and age group but doesn't cover pregnancy, abortion, contraception, or the HPV vaccine, the very issues that may lead to those higher medical expenses. Hurst concludes that universal health care is part of the solution to abortion. Talk about connections! Way to go, Sam!