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In This
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cynthia.davis@house.mo.gov
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Can
Government Safeguard
Our Children?
Title V money is a federal tax appropriation that
funds programs promoting abstinence. Title X money is a federal tax
appropriation that funds anti-family planning clinics, condoms and
contraceptive drug usage. How is either within the scope of the
federal government? The national government needs to focus on
providing for our national defense, securing our borders and finding
energy procurement solutions. Family issues are clearly local. The family
should be the place where children are taught first. If the family
fails, then the extended family can help. As a last resort, the
local churches and civic groups can offer assistance when the family
becomes disengaged. We should never expect our national government
to presume to be more knowledgeable about how to raise children than those
closest to the children.
You may remember hearing a story last spring of a
school board in
A Wall Street Journal article recently (June 23,
2008) discussed the proliferation of Planned Parenthood locations in
suburban areas. The article explained that the nonprofit is so flush
with cash that it is trying to appeal to more affluent women in upscale
areas. According to the article, “…Planned Parenthood, the nation’s
largest abortion provider, reported a record $1 billion in annual revenue
in its most recent financial report—about a third of that coming from
federal and state grants to care for low-income women. The nonprofit
ended the year with a surplus of $115 million, or about 11 percent of its
revenue, and net assets of $952 million….Ms. Hagstrom Miller competes with
Planned Parenthood for abortion patients… and finds it deeply
frustrating. She does not receive the government grants or
tax-deductible donations that bolster Planned Parenthood, and says she
can’t match the non-profit’s budget for advertising or clinic
upgrades.”
The article goes on to say that most
people are not aware of Planned Parenthood’s original mission to reduce
the fertility of poor and minority women who are more densely found in the
urban areas. One flawed premise underlying the federal funding
is the notion that a teen pregnancy is considered a negative by
teenagers. The story from “…prescribing contraceptives without
parental notification or consent is common practice at school health
clinics. In fact, federal law requires it when the minor is eligible for
Medicaid, or when the clinic receives Title X funds. The policy is based
on the belief that requiring parental consent before a girl can get birth
control won’t reduce teen sexual activity at all…This view is unproven,
but it has been the foundation of U.S. family planning policy since 1972.
And the push to expand school-based health clinics is part of a movement
to increase the availability of birth control to minors without their
parents’ knowledge or consent…Studies show that teens are less likely to
have sex if they think their parents disapprove. But parents are often
kept in the dark, thanks to misbegotten health care policies which view
them as a threat to their daughter’s best interests. The desire to have government interfere stems from
a premise that families are not doing a very good job. Whenever
government steps in, it will do a job less efficiently, more expensively
and with less understanding of individual uniqueness. There is so
excuse for our national government trying to take up the slack for every
area of our lives, especially when it comes to personal
relationships. Your
thoughts are important to me, so please let me know what you think about
this issue. You can send me your opinion by clicking
here:
Cynthia Davis. Gardasil
Vaccine Linked to Serious
If
you would like to read the House bill, click here: Vaccination
Requirement. According to the World Net Daily, anaphylactic
shock," "foaming at mouth," "grand mal convulsion," "coma" and "now
paralyzed" are a few of the startling descriptions included in a new
federal report describing the complications from Merck & Co.'s
Gardasil medication for sexually transmitted human papillomavirus – which
has been proposed as mandatory for all
schoolgirls. The
document was obtained from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration by Judicial
Watch, a "Given all the questions about Gardasil, the best
public health policy would be to re-evaluate its safety and to prohibit
its distribution to minors. In the least, governments should rethink any
efforts to mandate or promote this vaccine for children,” said Judicial
Watch President Tom Fitton. To
continue reading this article, go to Death Toll Linked to Gardasil
Vaccine
Rises. MoDOT to
Hold Public Meeting About
I-70 in O’Fallon The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT)
is considering changes on I-70 and evaluating the impacts of using
truck-only lanes. On September 9, MoDOT representatives will be in
O’Fallon to answer questions, take comments, and provide information about
I-70 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the Wentzville-Middendorf-Kredell Library
at 2750 Highway K. You can also go online at www.improvei70.org
and click on August ’08 Project Update to learn more and to make
comments. A Little
Bit of Humor… (This was copied
from a blog) Palin to Visit O'Fallon and
Reunite With Long Lost Twin
Submitted by Cole on Fri, 08/29/2008
- 5:19pm.
Newly
minted GOP Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah
Palin will be traveling to O'Fallon, Missouri on Sunday
to reunite with her ideological twin - State Rep.
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