Ok I never intended this to become a political blog but alas on this great election day I must make another political post.
Ok here are two news articles
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061029/ap_on_he_me/diet_trans_fat_ban
In this on NY city is proposing a ban on Trans fat in all restraunts. A bad thing, well maybe not considering the public health cost of trans fat. At the same time they have begun a mandatory disclosure on the menu board of all restraunts declaring the trans fat and nutritional content of the food. Again, a bad thing probably not, however...
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/27/opinion/27thu4.html?ex=1311652800&en=55b90b50102ebe0e&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
Yes that's right the same people who think we should know what is in our food do not think we have the right to know that our daughter is about allow someone to murder our grandchild. How does that make any sense?
Ok second point I have a good friend who is as pure blood democrat as they come, nationalized health care, a living wage amendment, same sex marriage, pro choice etc.... He teaches Criminal justice for HSU and was complaining the other day about students that just did not try. I asked him if he was going to fail any students this semester and he responded certainly. So I asked him why does he feel they need to fail. Answer? Because they did not do the work. Ok so in his class room it is ok for a student to fail but in life if someone does not work we should reward them with free health care, food, housing etc because its hard to escape from the trap of poverty, racism etc...
I would have less loathing for the DNC if their philosophers were just consistent. Ok enough ranting for one day.
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SIGH!!!!!!!!!!!!
Whether an individual believes abortion is murder or not, it seems that parents & legal guardians should know when their child is having a medical procedure done. Most abortion procedures, no mater how minor, have a risk of death. I realize that now days, the mortality rate associated with abortion is extremely low. However, even if death is less than 0.01% possible, it only seems reasonable that a parent should know if their child is putting herself in this situation. There are plenty of other possible complications involved as well. Even though these complications may be fairly rare, I would still want to have a say in my child’s health decisions.
By the way: Is there ANY other medical procedure that can be done, without parental consent??? Heck, last I heard you could not get a piercing or tattoo without parental consistent or being 18.
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