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April 29, 2007

Where's the pro-life love?

All across America folks are participating in the March of Dimes' annual Walk for Healthy Babies. Meadville PA raised $36,000, Glens Falls NY expects to almost meet their $75,000 goal, Victoria TX raised $33,000 and 1,700 other communities across the nation. But the star appears to have been Chicago, IL where $2.2 million was raised. All to help meet the March of Dime's mission to prevent birth defects (120k born yearly), premature birth (1/2 million born yearly) and infant mortality (30k per year).

Seems like a no-brainer for pro-life groups to support, right?

Wrong.

The Illinois Family Institute ("upholding marriage & family, life & liberty in the Land of Lincoln") does mention the March of Dimes on it's main page, but only to attack them with the insinuation that "for political reasons alone" they are turning a blind eye to some study suggesting a link between abortion and premature birth.

The Christian Newswire, which regularly carries statements from a wide variety of pro-life groups doesn't even mention the Walk for Healthy Babies.

I did find a pro-life blog which mentioned the March of Dimes. Apparently Lauren can't support the March of Dimes because they "are huge proponents of amniocentesis and are quick to support 'options' when the results are not positive."

So I'm wondering where is the love? Where is the professed value for life? Surely these "pro-lifers" don't cease to care once the infant has been born, do they?

Posted by Kevin at April 29, 2007 08:38 PM