I used to work in an urban hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. I saw many babies that were born premature, addicted to drugs, with HIV+ status or other diseases, as well as other birth defects. I saw one baby that was born to a 13 year-old whose family member had raped her. I saw babies that grew into children that had various physical, behavioral, emotional, and learning disabilities.
How many of you have adopted some of these children? If you have not -- how is it that you are so self-righteous that you feel you have the right to tell the rest of society that all pregnancies should be carried to term? What are you doing to help the inner city schools that are overwhelmed with these kids that are born into such sad situations that learning reading, writing and arithmetic are the least of their problems?
How many of you are willing to admit that you sit in your cushy houses and put on your Sunday best every week, but are completely ignorant to the horrors of their lives?
2006-08-01
15:18:42
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