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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pediaflow-research-babies-heart-defects-trump-administration-rcna197155

[quote]For James Antaki, a biomedical engineering professor at Cornell University, the $6.7 million government grant meant babies would be saved. Awarded by the Department of Defense on March 30, it would allow his team at Cornell to ramp up production and testing of PediaFlow, a device that boosts blood flow in infants with heart defects.

A week later, that all changed.

The Defense Department sent Antaki a stop-work order on April 8 informing him that his team wouldn’t get the money, intended to be distributed over four years. Three decades of research is now at risk, and Antaki said he has no idea why the government cut off funding.[/quote]

Pro-life party, folks. Endless money for military parades and shoving planes into the sea. No money to help sick babies.

Imagine, imagine, if America First meant putting money into research and services that would make us smarter, stronger, and healthier. Instead they want to kick us all right into the dirt. [/quote]

They aren't pro-life. They are pro-birth. They don't care what happens to the human once it's born. But by god, they want those tiny humans birthed!

Will any of them adopt the thousands of kids in need of homes? Hell-to-the-NO. Will they scream real-big-loud about how LGBTQ people shouldn't be allowed to adopt? Heck yes! With megaphones! But again, will they adopt? Not a chance.

I spent from 12-18 in group homes. I aged out of the system back when they wouldn't allow gay people to adopt. They were unfit parents according to the bible thumpers. People from the local church used to come at Christmas time and take us to Toys-r-Us to make our lists for Santa. They'd tell anyone within earshot that we were the needy orphans to get the praise for their good deeds. They always made a big show of it and joked with the older kids about what good sports we were being to play along for the younger ones. They'd praise all of us, too, about how well-mannered we were and how anyone would be lucky to have us as their kid. Over and over "I'm sure this is the year you'll meet your forever home!" but that was never with them. Ever. And then the same church would disregard 99% of what was on our Santa lists and give us a bunch of dollar store crap toys and Walmart clothes. And then after Christmas, the home manager would gather us up and tell us how Big Important Church People, you know, the ones who'd taken us window shopping, were the ones who had worked with Santa to make our holiday special, so the proper thing to do was to write them thank you letters. Dear Mr. & Mrs. Smith. This is Amy. Remember me? I'm 12 and the one with a chipped tooth who was an absolute delight during the 3 hours we spent together at Toys-r-Us. You loved playing with my "most beautiful, thick blonde hair I've ever seen!" as we walked around the store. Anyway, thanks a bunch for telling Santa to get me the Walmart clearance clothes 2 sizes too big. I mean, I'm done with puberty, but who knows, maybe I'll grow into them. And thank you for the Teen Bible. It's got a nice heft to it and should give a nice whack once inserted inside of a pillowcase and swung about. Until next year, Amy. [/quote]

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