Something... and Half of Something: The 110th Congress is "all about the children"

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February 23, 2007

The 110th Congress is "all about the children"

If only those San Francisco Values wouldn't get in the way:

"Since 1994, medical experts have known how to prevent HIV transmission from mother to child. “Baby AIDS” can be virtually eliminated if expectant mothers with HIV are identified and treated with AIDS drugs. Infants whose mothers’ HIV status is unknown may also be protected if HIV antibodies are detected soon after birth and treatment is promptly administered. With treatment, the risk of transmission from mother to child can be reduced to less than one percent. Without treatment, 25 percent of children born to mothers with HIV will become infected, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This may be perhaps the single most significant achievement in the battle against HIV/AIDS."

In 2006, Congress established a $30 million HIV early intervention grant program—funded out of CDC’s HIV prevention budget—to provide financial incentives to assist other states eliminate baby AIDS.

So what happened? Defunded. By the 110th Congress.

The Democratic Congressional leadership didn't get nearly the kicking around it deserved for one particularly despicable provision in the fiscal 2007 spending bill: a clause which canceled funding for a program to prevent unborn babies from contracting HIV from infected mothers.

Where does the money go? Well, it reverts back to the CDC, and used on other projects, such as:

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Other projects that the 100th Congress considered more worthy than protecting babies from AIDS:

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February 10, 2004
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and... there was the Asian Pacific Islanders Drag Contest, funded in part by CDC dollars.

Oh well.

"May God bless our work, and may God bless America... for these children, our children, and for all of America's children, the House will come to order." Madame Speaker's acceptance speech

Posted by LindaSoG at February 23, 2007 09:59 AM

Comments

One word discription: HYPOCRISY !!!!

Posted by: Jack at February 24, 2007 02:29 PM