Politics makes the strangest bedfellows. The weirdest, though, are the fiscal conservatives who promote tax abstinence while lusting after the Christian Right; a promiscuous spender of taxpayer dollars.

The Arizona Daily Star reports that states are beginning to see the financial benefits of investing in family planning services but are confronting opposition to the tax prevention plan from the Right.Instead, Christian conservatives prefer to spend three times as much on Medicaid expenditures for unwanted pregnancies.

Conversely, the states that have opted for the pro-contraception plan are enjoying big returns for their investment. In just one year, Alabama saved more than $19 million; New Mexico saved more than $6.5 million; and California saved more than $76 million.

The savings are immediate: contraception available=unwanted pregnancy averted. Every dollar spent on contraception for the people who can't afford it, the state saves three.

Instead, Christian conservatives try to cover up the Trinity Tax by de-funding essential programs for the born: like education, health care, and unemployment benefits for their parents. Pro-lifers may say they're pro-child, but the evidence suggests the very opposite.

The Children's Defense Fund is probably the best informed on who is pro-child. The organization published their rankings of the best and worst legislators for children and ranked 113 Congressional members as the worst for children. These politicians gleefully slash critical programs for kids and reliably work to defeat every common sense measure proposed to protect children (like safety locks on guns).

The nation's premier child advocacy organization found that 100% of the worst for children legislators are staunchly pro-life.

And the best legislators for children? 95% are pro-choice.

We may be paying three times as much for the Christian Right's plan today, but unless we cut them off right now we'll be paying far more dearly in the future.