To Feminists for Life: Let speakers fund their own trips

Instead of sending speakers to a myriad of conferences, send your hard-earned dollars to numerous children’s agencies whose budgets have been drastically cut because of this economic downturn.  They can really use your help.

Case in point is an email from a correspondent where she wrote, “I turn 62 at the end of the month.  I work in youth services and I work/worked with a social worker and mental health counselor.  We provided FREE services to people who could not afford it.” Her job as a social worker is in Nassau County, New York.  Many families are beyond the breaking point and are in dire need of mental health workers such as my friend.  Included in these families are the most innocent amongst us, namely our children.

As an aside, but highly relevant and critical is this part she emailed me, “I was advised yesterday that I would be losing my job of fifteen years at the end of April, which will make me part of a statistic.” I would rather have private funds going to this woman and the agency she works for which directly helps our children instead of donations to help fund speakers as they travel from one conference to another.

End note to those at Feminists for Life, yeah I get it, you do not like abortion. While sympathetic to your cause, my main focus and ours as a country must be the children who are already here living, breathing and are in need of private donations to help them thrive. 

As much as I hate this procedure, I do not have the right to tell any woman what to do with her body.  That is truly being pro-woman.  Now go hit up those who were recently kicked out of power namely those attached to the former Bush administration.  I am sure they have an extra million or so to donate to your cause.  I am sure that former President George W. Bush would donate any money made from his first speaking engagement in Canada next month. Wasn't his motto leave no child behind? But yet he did.

Author’s email address is, xmjmac@optonline.net