On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 22:35:02 -0400, JDG wrote > At 07:38 AM 4/26/2005 -0700, Nick wrote: > >> >How is it that people who > >> >are so quick to insist that every pregnancy result in a birth are so > >> >quick to criticize and cut programs that would ensure that the births > >> >they claim to care so much about result in healthy lives? > >> > >> I know that this is a common cliche - but name one person who > >> believes the above. > > > >Congress? > > Really?
Yes, really. There is less health insurance available, more children living in poverty, which directly and indirectly increase the infant and child mortality rate -- and ours is among the worst in the world. We claim to have some sort of moral imperative to solve Iraq's problems because we are the most powerful nation in the world. Where's that power being applied to the lives of our own children? The same majority party that has been cutting the funding of programs that preserve the lives of children is also anti-abortion. I don't have any problem with taking a negative view of abortion, but how about some consistency about life? It should be against the law to abort a fetus, but it's okay to let increasing numbers of children live in poverty? We can do better. We can show that we really do care about children, with our budget. Nick _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
