I don't think you are advocating anything, so there is nothing personal here, just for the record.
I think that we need to divorce ourselves from the specific procedures, and just talk about life saving health care. If we were to adopt public healthcare, the public would pay for life saving health care that is legally allowed. Then we can apply that framework to specific procedures, which for both your examples means yes, it would be done.
You would not be paying specifically for the girl down the street to have an abortion. You would be paying your taxes, some small part of which may be applied to save her life in the event it is necessary, using whatever legal procedures are required.
While you are right, that this is in part about who foots the bill, the other thing it is about is helping people live healthy lives without going bankrupt, which is a uniquely American problem in the first world.
I think that we need to divorce ourselves from the specific procedures, and just talk about life saving health care. If we were to adopt public healthcare, the public would pay for life saving health care that is legally allowed. Then we can apply that framework to specific procedures, which for both your examples means yes, it would be done.
You would not be paying specifically for the girl down the street to have an abortion. You would be paying your taxes, some small part of which may be applied to save her life in the event it is necessary, using whatever legal procedures are required.
While you are right, that this is in part about who foots the bill, the other thing it is about is helping people live healthy lives without going bankrupt, which is a uniquely American problem in the first world.