Economy Trumps Mother Nature

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What can we say about a society that defies the course of nature in order to pay the bills?

“I can't afford to get pregnant.” It's said so many times, it's almost a cliché. Eve couldn't “afford” to get pregnant, either. But she did, and we are here.

Money should not dictate the perpetuation of the species, should not delay the creation of life or stifle the gratification of being pregnant, having a newborn, being a child, starting a family, etc.

But that is what has become of our society. I am not against capitalism; I am against oppression – and when greedy enterprises threaten the very existence of humanity and take away the only pure and true thing that has been necessary for all of us – pregnancy and birth – then it is time to take action. There can no longer be concern for those who deny pregnant women and their unborn children proper maternal care. They have lost the right to have a say in how, and when, our society moves forward.

It is time for Congress to stand up for natural laws, those unalienable, as guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution – a right to life.

A right to life is not possible without a right to birth, which is not possible without a right to become pregnant. And with a mother's right to become pregnant, a child has a right to life. It's a beautiful cycle; but economic forces – those completely man-made, little more than concepts of measurement that have no real value whatsoever in the natural world – would destroy the sanctity of life and the right to a good life by stealing proper prenatal care from our nation's children.

Couples are afraid to have children in this environment, and for what reason? Money. Many other reasons can be cited, but money is at the root of all of them. Money buys health care. Money buys formula and diapers. Money buys food.

Without money, our society has no life.

Ironic, isn't it, how those who would espouse the teachings of the Bible in public actually believe it is better to profit as a company than to prosper as humans?