The majority of Republicans in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives oppose abortion and believe in the sanctity of life beginning at conception.
While I strongly disagree with these politicians about abortion, I respect the sincerity of their opinion.
What I don’t respect is how these men and women ignore President Trump’s decimation of aid programs abroad, which will result in millions of children dying from malaria, AIDS and famine, and support federal legislation which will result in American children suffering from malnutrition and lack of access to pediatric medical services. History (and their descendants) will severely judge these “servants of the American people” when retention of political power was more important than the “sanctity of all human life.”
Larry Kaplan, MD
Cape Elizabeth
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