How much is a human life worth? We live in a world where some countries kill their elderly simply because they are a financial burden on the younger generation. In some countries it is legal to kill children because they have birth defects or other issues. Who decides which lives have value and which do not?<\/p>\n
On Monday, CNS News<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n At the event promoting opposition to President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, the former First Daughter of President Bill Clinton credited legalized abortion for helping add trillions of dollars to the U.S economy because women who had abortions were more inclined to enter the labor force:<\/strong><\/p>\n “Whether you fundamentally care about reproductive rights and access right, because these are not the same thing, if you care about social justice or economic justice, agency \u2013 you have to care about this.<\/strong><\/p>\n “It is not a disconnected fact \u2013 to address this t-shirt of 1973 \u2013 that American women entering the labor force from 1973 to 2009 added three and a half trillion dollars to our economy. Right?<\/strong><\/p>\n “The net, new entrance of women \u2013 that is not disconnected from the fact that Roe became the law of the land in January of 1973.”<\/strong><\/p>\n Thus, no matter what other things Americans may care about, everyone should appreciate the economic value of legalized abortion, Clinton said:<\/strong><\/p>\n “So, I think, whatever it is that people say they care about, I think that you can connect to this issue.<\/strong><\/p>\n “Of course, I would hope that they would care about our equal rights and dignity to make our own choices \u2013 but, if that is not sufficiently persuasive, hopefully, come some of these other arguments that you\u2019ve expressed so beautifully, will be.”<\/strong><\/p>\n Could one on those aborted babies have grown up and found the cure for cancer, dementia, Parkinson’s Disease? Who did we kill? Could one of those babies have grown up to find the key to nonpolluting green energy, preventing some valuable species from going extinct, or finding a key to longer, healthier living? How much would those discoveries have added to the economy?<\/p>\n The article at CNS News includes an update:<\/p>\n In response to tweets critical of her remarks, Chelesea Clinton declared that “Pro-choice is Pro-life” <\/a>and that “Reproductive rights have always been about economic rights.”<\/strong><\/p>\n We have sold our souls for a mess of pottage.<\/p>\n How much is a human life worth? We live in a world where some countries kill their elderly simply because they are a financial burden on the younger generation. In some countries it is legal to kill children because they … Continue reading