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Written by Claire
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Monday, 05 October 2009 14:06 |
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Hi Bill. Thanks for all you do with Catholic Democrats. I agree with what President Obama wants (and what you support) that abortion should be legal but rare. the Pregnant Women Support Act should go a long ways to that end. I would also like to add a comment about Congressman Trent Franks' calling President Obama 'an enemy of humanity'. I think the reverse is true and here is why. I am in Congressman Franks district and called his local office here in AZ. (623 prefix). I spoke to Daniel in his office. He said that Congressman Franks is adamantly against the public option. Daniel said everyone can get healthcare-if you don’t have insurance it might be a little more inconvenient. I suppose that means the high costs of paying for a hospitalization without insurance. Or maybe it’s the checkups for diabetes, heart disease or other chronic illnesses a person without insurance wouldn’t get because it’s too expensive is ‘inconvenient’. When I pointed out that this ‘inconvenience’ could shorten lives Daniel said that death is a part of life. This sounds like a death panel to me. We have 47 million Americans without healthcare. According to Daniel, healthcare isn’t a right. Why is that in one of the wealthiest countries in the world?
Congressman Franks has a 100% rating as a ‘prolife’ politician. I don’t understand this definition of being prolife. To me, if you are against abortion but not for healthcare for you are pro-birth not prolife. We need universal healthcare for all Americans where you can’t be denied or dropped. Where is our humanity if we don’t support these basic human rights?
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