Ronald Reagan was America's strong, benevolent grandfather, with a plan for improving the economy and strengthening national security with military might. He was also a protector and advocate for the unborn. In an article, "The Human Life Review", Reagan wrote, "we cannot survive as a free nation when some men decide that others are not fit to live and should be abandoned to abortion or infanticide." Oh, how I would love to see another Ronald Reagan in the White House.
Yesterday the North Carolina House voted 71-48 to approve the Right to Know Act. This legislation includes a 24-hour waiting period and information regarding the risks and alternatives available for women seeking an abortion. The woman must also be permitted to see the ultrasound of her unborn baby.
According to LifeNews.com, discussion ensued prior to the vote as to how fewer abortions would cost North Carolina $7 million a year in Medicaid expenses.
Rep. Burt Jones of Rockingham is reported as having said, “To me, it is incredible that we would even debate the idea that somehow we can improve the fiscal impact of this state by not allowing children to be born.... I’m a fiscal conservative, but if we’ve got to pay a little more money in this state because more children have the right to be born, then so be it.”
Thank you Rep. Jones, for fighting for the rights of the unborn; this one's for the Gipper. I think Ronald Reagan is smiling.
Psalm 139:13-16
New International Version (NIV)
13 For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place,
when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed body;
all the days ordained for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
Copyright 2011 Charlotte Laney
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