Where are all the pro-lifers?

 

RFK Jr has gotten a lot of media coverage posing as a transformative advocate for child health. And yet on a genuine issue of child health . . . crickets.

“Mere hours after birth, most newborns are tested for two things: whether they have signs of hearing loss and whether they have any of a range of rare conditions that could severely impact their health and their lives.

 

“If they test positive for either, they qualify for a number of interventions that can dramatically improve their prospects over their lifetime.

 

“But both tests could soon undergo dramatic changes because of drastic cutbacks at federal health agencies that public-health advocates say imperil both programs. These cutbacks could mean that certain states will not test for and respond to conditions that currently set services into motion in every state.”

 

*snip*

“Newborn hearing screenings are a true public-health success story. Hospitals did not start screening children for hearing loss at birth until the 1990s; it wasn’t until 2000 that screening was nearly universal across states. Children’s lives can be changed dramatically by early screening and response. In the 1970s and 1980s, children weren’t diagnosed with profound hearing loss until they were 2 or 3 years old, which hampered their ability to read and write, White says. Now, children are screened at birth, and early interventions can help them meet more of these milestones.“

 

Where are all the pro-lifers? Oh yeah, they only care about the unborn. Once you’re born, you’re on your own.

https://time.com/7278169/baby-screenings-newborn-changing-trump-administration/?utm_source=beehiiv&fbclid=IwY2xjawJxnUJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHhZQ274b16hd-Ky2JH41gN0wkm95iztgmdoRvLpLKD9EiRgiiFL4u5ZWv9Hp_aem_8yxnwqWnuW9WMzCdfB1UvQ