The correct term for what you really want is “Pro-BIRTH.”
Pro-life is a worthy goal, but life only begins at birth. If you’re truly “pro-LIFE” you would not strip funding for WIC. WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) provides Federal grants to States for supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition education for low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and non-breastfeeding postpartum women, and to infants and children up to age five who are found to be at nutritional risk.
If you were truly “pro-LIFE” you would not destroy funding for Title X programs. Title X is the only federal grant program dedicated solely to providing individuals with comprehensive family planning and related preventive health services. The Title X program is designed to provide access to contraceptive services, supplies and information to all who want and need them. By law, priority is given to persons from low-income families.
Those who really believe in what it means to be “pro-LIFE” would not demolish programs like Head Start. Head Start’s mission is to improve the lives of low-income children by providing quality comprehensive child development services that are family focused, including education, health, nutrition and mental health. That mission is accomplished by involving parents in the total operation and administration of the program and supporting the growth of children, families and staff through encouragement, nurturing, education and empowerment.
Do not judge this next statement until you read the rest of this post!
I am proud to state that I am “pro-LIFE” and always will be. That’s what Democrats believe. We do not believe it’s right for any fetus to be condemned prior to birth to a life of poverty with no chance for its parents to pay for basic health care, food, or shelter. We don’t believe it’s right for any fetus to be “saved” in order to endure abuse. We don’t believe it’s compassionate to banish that fetus to a lifetime of being unwanted. We do not believe Jesus would want that child to be a social outcast if he/she has the “wrong” skin color, or religious beliefs, or sexual preference.
We are “pro-LIFE” because we believe all children—all skin colors, all religious beliefs, all sexual preferences, all ethnicities, etc.—should have equal rights in America and that the American Dream should be accessible to them.
Don’t talk to me about “pro-BIRTH” until you, like I have, look into a ten year old’s eyes while she’s fighting for her life in the hospital after being brutally beaten, raped, and left for dead! It’s not a pretty sight. The worst part was later when her parents had to explain to her what she’d also have to endure—more invasion of her privacy as she suffered through pregnancy and STD testing.
Don’t tell me how precious “pro-BIRTH” thinking is until you, like I have, listen to a mother tell about her husband raping her five year old daughter anally. Yes, it’s ugly and disgusting, but it happens.
I don’t want to hear your self-righteous “pro-BIRTH” stance until you, like I have, hear a twelve year old tell you she’s pregnant on the last day of school. Her life changed dramatically from that point forward.
Go ahead and be “pro-BIRTH.” That’s fine, as long as you accompany that position with a commitment to providing that unborn child with the necessities of LIFE: food, health, shelter, and education. Throw in a chance at the American Dream and I’ll be on your side.
Until then, I’m a proud “pro-LIFE, pro-CHOICE” American!
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