{"id":1488626,"date":"2022-05-23T14:29:38","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T18:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1488626"},"modified":"2022-05-23T14:29:54","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T18:29:54","slug":"cnns-dana-bashs-solution-to-child-poverty-kill-the-babies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnns-dana-bashs-solution-to-child-poverty-kill-the-babies\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN\u2019s Dana Bash\u2019s Solution To Child Poverty: Kill The Babies"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcnns-dana-bashs-solution-to-child-poverty-kill-the-babies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1488626&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Dana-Bash-with-Asa-Hutchinson.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Arkansas Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson went on CNN Sunday to defend his decision last year to sign a near-total ban on abortion with exceptions limited to medical emergencies that jeopardize the life of the mother. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI signed it because it is a direct challenge to <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>,\u201d Hutchinson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/05\/22\/politics\/asa-hutchinson-abortion-ban-revisited-cnntv\/index.html\">said<\/a> last year, telling CNN\u2019s Dana Bash on \u201cState of the Union\u201d Sunday that he now wants the law revisited to include exceptions for rape and incest after a similar law in Mississippi provoked the challenge instead. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose are two exceptions I have recognized, I believe are very appropriate,\u201d the governor explained. \u201cAnd what will happen as time goes on, if <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> is reversed, these are going to become very real circumstances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bash, however, took issue with the uncertain prospects of caring for more children altogether in a state <a href=\"https:\/\/talkpoverty.org\/state-year-report\/arkansas-2020-report\/\">ranked 48th<\/a> in child poverty. <\/p>\n<p>Bash warned that \u201cArkansas already struggles to support vulnerable children\u201d who, judging by the question, she apparently thinks might be better off dead. \u201cNearly 1 in 4 children in Arkansas lives in poverty. More than 4,600 kids are already in your state\u2019s overloaded foster care system. Do you really think that your state is prepared to protect and care for even more children if abortion does become illegal there?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"mRpvkFA57ySYZ6dVua9LhIO\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanaBashCNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DanaBashCNN<\/a>: &#8220;Arkansas already struggles to support vulnerable children. Nearly 1 in 4 children in Arkansas lives in poverty\u2026.Do you really think that your state is prepared to protect and care for even more children if abortion does become illegal there?&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/twY3lbtJHi\">pic.twitter.com\/twY3lbtJHi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin Tober (@KevinTober94) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KevinTober94\/status\/1528372957256597505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Hutchinson acknowledged his state\u2019s \u201chistoric challenges with poverty\u201d while touting the expansion of Medicaid and foster programs to enhance childcare.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a high priority,\u201d the governor said. \u201cObviously there\u2019s always opportunity to do more. And we have to address this issue with compassion because of the difficult circumstances and the fact that you\u2019re dealing with most vulnerable populations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The governor\u2019s brief remarks failed to push back on the premise of the question, however, that children in poverty could have avoided their circumstances had impoverished mothers opted to forgo the gift of life to begin with. <\/p>\n<p>Cautionary tales of extreme poverty have become a signature <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/news-and-politics\/2021\/12\/dobbs-roe-abortion-poverty-statistics-republicans.html\">argument<\/a> of the pro-abortion lobby under the same logic that justifies pregnancy termination for children expected to have genetic conditions such as <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/11\/30\/it-is-not-humane-for-the-atlantic-to-sympathize-with-killing-babies-with-down-syndrome-like-my-little-sister\/\">Down syndrome<\/a>. Bash ought to ask a child with Down syndrome whether he or she would have rather been aborted. The answer would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vtS91Jd5mac\">certainly be no<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While their explicit reasons for doing so are grotesque, leftists aren\u2019t entirely wrong in pointing out high levels of child poverty preceding a post-Roe baby boom. It\u2019s true that a vast number of women who pursue the deadly procedure are themselves <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/infographic\/2017\/abortion-rates-income?gclid=CjwKCAjw4ayUBhA4EiwATWyBrl8xsPpLTGmPueNLiNI882fyYYjlFjNwBP1-_dk_A1pwHSSYke40NxoCK9UQAvD_BwE\">below the federal poverty line<\/a>, and kids are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/business\/wp\/2017\/01\/10\/its-more-expensive-than-ever-to-raise-a-child-in-the-u-s\/\">more expensive than ever<\/a>. Toss <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/11\/inflation-consumer-price-index-labor-department-joe-biden\/\">runaway inflation<\/a> into the mix when child poverty is already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/USA\/Politics\/2022\/0224\/Child-poverty-is-on-the-rise-in-the-US-study-shows#:~:text=In%20the%20month%20since%20Biden%27s,to%20the%20rise%2C%20say%20analysts.\">on the rise<\/a>, and it\u2019s conceivable millions of children will be born into less than preferable circumstances. But to suggest a child born into poverty is worse than no child born at all not only dismisses the sanctity of life and insults every individual with a rags-to-riches story, but it also ignores efforts among pro-life activists to enhance the affordability of childcare or life-saving alternatives like adoption.<\/p>\n<p>Pro-life policymakers can and should be preparing for a post-Roe America with substantive solutions on childcare, especially as the nation\u2019s population grows at its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/library\/stories\/2021\/12\/us-population-grew-in-2021-slowest-rate-since-founding-of-the-nation.html\">slowest pace<\/a> since the Declaration of Independence was written. America needs more babies, and Republicans such as Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley are <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/04\/30\/new-gop-child-care-plan-seeks-subsidy-expansion-for-working-middle-class-parents-what-about-those-sacrificing-to-stay-home\/\">already working<\/a> on ways to make childcare more affordable so that abortion, which will remain legal in states such as California even after <em>Roe<\/em> is gone, is no longer viewed as an attractive financial incentive. <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arkansas Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson went on CNN Sunday to defend his decision last year to sign a near-total ban on abortion with exceptions limited to medical emergencies that jeopardize<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1488626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1488626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1488626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1488626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1488626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1488626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1488626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}