Our way or the die way
July 18, 2005
News & Politics
"That’s right. The folks who brought you the Terri Schiavo fiasco are back. This time they are so concerned with morals and virtue that they’d just as soon your kids die if they have sex." (Pensito Review)
"Florida has a higher incidence of cervical cancer than the nation as a whole...Science is close to a vaccine that, if administered before exposure to the sexually-transmitted virus that can cause the deadly disease, would protect women from ever getting cervical cancer. Florida’s legislature recognized the importance of pursuing such a vaccine, and through statute, enacted the Cervical Cancer Elimination Task Force two years ago," writes Trish.
"But Jeb Bush this month vetoed $30,000 for administrative costs for the task force. Why would Jeb eliminate a lousy $30,000 from a $63 million budget? Family values." According to the Palm Beach Post:
A spokesman for the governor cited financial reasons for turning down $30,000 in administrative costs for the cervical cancer elimination task force. But state Rep. Anne Gannon, D-Delray Beach, who asked for the money, said the veto had more to do with fear of criticism from the religious right wing of the Republican Party.
'We have this great opportunity to eradicate cervical cancer, but these wackos think it could make teenagers have sex,� she said. “It’s so discouraging to have to fight this right-wing stuff on what should be a public-health issue.'
"That’s right. The folks who brought you the Terri Schiavo fiasco are back. This time they are so concerned with morals and virtue that they’d just as soon your kids die if they have sex." (Pensito Review)
