Bush in a recorded message played during yesterday's fetus festa:
You believe, as I do, that every human life has value, that the strong have a duty to protect the weak, and that the self-evident truths of the Declaration of Independence apply to everyone, not just to those considered healthy or wanted or convenient . . . These principles call us to defend the sick and the dying, persons with disabilities and birth defects, all who are weak and vulnerable.
And we rewind to just before Christmas:
Yesterday the senate narrowly passed a budget bill to cut $40 billion dollars of federal spending by ending funding for foster care, child support and student loans. The bill would also impose new fees on Medicaid recipients and new work restrictions on state welfare programs . . . Vice President Dick Cheney cut short his trip to the Middle East in order to cast the tie-breaking vote.