Saturday, August 18, 2012

Abortion, NO! But Mercury Poisoning of a Fetus is OK?


Donna Campbell is on the stump saying all the ‘right’ things; using all the ‘right’ talking points.  If you listen to Donna, she talks a good game to Pro-Life Christians.  The problem lies with her stance on other matters that she and her corporate backers refuse to acknowledge as right to life issues.

During pregnancy, the mother and fetus need health care. New born infants need neo-natal care.  Children need pediatric care.  One would presume the moral imperative for a professed Christian would be affordable care for our Children. But apparently it is not for Doctor Donna.  She wants to slash care for millions of Texas infants and their mothers.  Why?  Is it because the deep pocket donors to her Astroturf campaign refuse to render their fair share unto Washington?

Of course, they claim a moral objection to tax money being spent on medically accurate sex education, pre-conception birth control and of, course, abortions. Donna and her cronies are willing to deny medical care to infants all the while preaching: Abortion, NO!

In virtually the same breath, she vilifies the EPA’s endeavor to reduce environmental Mercury levels as “arbitrary rules and regulations hindering business and industry” (From Dr. Donna Campbell Facebook page; if it has not been scrubbed).  Dr. Campbell, if you believe these rules to be arbitrary, what safe levels you would establish?  If you believe in-utero exposure to increasing levels of Mercury is not detrimental to embryonic development, please share your research.  What is the safe level of Mercury for a second trimester fetus?  Please tell us.  You are quick to dismiss solutions proposed by others, but slow on offering anything in their stead.

Doctor Campbell, why are you willing to subject unborn children to a greater risk of Mercury poisoning?

Every voter in Texas Senate District 25 deserves an answer to this question before they vote.  They deserve an honest answer.  After all, honesty is on God’s top-ten list.

My guess: Thirty pieces of silver means more to Donna Campbell than protecting God’s creation.


Supplemental reading:

Prenatal Exposure to Mercury From a Maternal Diet High in Seafood Can Irreversibly Impair Certain Brain Functions in Children, Harvard School of Public Health


Update (8/20/12): Screen Capture of Campbell Facebook Thread





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