
“There have been a lot of impassioned speeches from my Republican colleagues about the significance of a child’s life regardless of their disability, and about the value of human life,” says Arizona House Minority Leader Chad Campbell, a Phoenix Democrat. “But when they do a budget, it doesn’t include the concern for human life they talk about all the time.” The Children’s Health Insurance Program remains but with enrollment frozen as of January 2010. In 2008, KidsCare covered close to 65,000 children; now it serves 14,000. The waiting list for the program has grown to more than 100,000.
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from “The Pro-Life Paradox” at The American Prospect
It’s only a “paradox” because they self-identify by the blatantly false moniker “pro-life.”
(again, h/t to SS)
[NB: More people than just cis women need and want access to abortion care]
(via keepyourbsoutofmyuterus)
By defunding therapy and education programs for kids with disabilities, you’re only creating more financial need down the line when they don’t develop the skills they need to be as independent as possible.
Just more proof that conservatives take the easiest, showiest “moral” stance possible by fetishizing the fetus while ripping away support systems for parents and children.
(via bebinn)
(via stfuconservatives)
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