If infants are dying in large numbers in the US because of low birth-weight, as the report says, then the obvious reason is that their mothers are malnourished - either because they can't afford to eat properly or because they are living on 'fast food' and similar crap.
As for the large number of birth defects - would the lack of a decent free universal medical system bear any responsibility for those? I bet it does. Then there are environmental issues.
All this is classic 'blame the poor for the trap they are in' stuff.
And it is cheaper to order doctors to nag their patients than to fix the real problems.
I also think this is probably intended to help advance the agenda of the anti-abortionists. Who also want to see women primarily as receptacles for foetuses.
I hope US women, collectively, tell their doctors and the federal authorities to get lost. But they probably won't, because of the power doctors wield.
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Date: 2006-05-17 10:54 am (UTC)As for the large number of birth defects - would the lack of a decent free universal medical system bear any responsibility for those? I bet it does. Then there are environmental issues.
All this is classic 'blame the poor for the trap they are in' stuff.
And it is cheaper to order doctors to nag their patients than to fix the real problems.
I also think this is probably intended to help advance the agenda of the anti-abortionists. Who also want to see women primarily as receptacles for foetuses.
I hope US women, collectively, tell their doctors and the federal authorities to get lost. But they probably won't, because of the power doctors wield.