Hungry, freezing, sick kids covered in snot, tears and shit. Where is the Pro-Life movement?

[DetlefK]

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/21/us/migrant-children-border-soap.html

Children as young as 7 and 8, many of them wearing clothes caked with snot and tears, are caring for infants they’ve just met, the lawyers said. Toddlers without diapers are relieving themselves in their pants. Teenage mothers are wearing clothes stained with breast milk.

Most of the young detainees have not been able to shower or wash their clothes since they arrived at the facility, those who visited said. They have no access to toothbrushes, toothpaste or soap.

“There is a stench,” said Elora Mukherjee, director of the Immigrants’ Rights Clinic at Columbia Law School, one of the lawyers who visited the facility. “The overwhelming majority of children have not bathed since they crossed the border.”

...

The reports of unsafe and unsanitary conditions at Clint and elsewhere came days after government lawyers in court argued that they should not have to provide soap or toothbrushes to children under the legal settlement that gave Ms. Mukherjee and her colleagues access to the facility in Clint.

...

She said the conditions in Clint were the worst she had seen in any facility in her 12-year career. “So many children are sick, they have the flu, and they’re not being properly treated,” she said. The Associated Press, which first reported on conditions at the facility earlier this week, found that it was housing three infants, all with teen mothers, along with a 1-year-old, two 2-year-olds and a 3-year-old. It said there were dozens more children under the age of 12.

Ms. Mukherjee said children were being overseen by guards for Customs and Border Protection, which declined to comment for this story. She and her colleagues observed the guards wearing full uniforms — including weapons — as well as face masks to protect themselves from the unsanitary conditions.

...

The children told the lawyers they were given the same meals every day — instant oats for breakfast, instant noodles for lunch, a frozen burrito for dinner, along with a few cookies and juice packets — which many said was not enough. “Nearly every child I spoke with said that they were hungry,” Ms. Mukherjee said.

...

“Are you arguing seriously that you do not read the agreement as requiring you to do anything other than what I just described: cold all night long, lights on all night long, sleeping on concrete and you’ve got an aluminum foil blanket?” Judge William Fletcher asked Ms. Fabian. “I find that inconceivable that the government would say that is safe and sanitary.”

- snot
- tears
- shit
- dirt
- sickness
- malnutrition
- sleeping on concrete-floor

It's so bad that the guards are wearing face-masks.





Where is the Pro-Life Movement to protect the sanctity of life?

What happened to "Compassionate Conservatism"? You know, George W. Bush's rebranding of the GOP. Where are these Compassionate Conservatives?




In more important news, AOC dared to use the word "concentration camp".

[Sherman A1]

1. Reprehensible Republicans

They are nothing more than slime.

[TheBlackAdder]

2. Pro-Life: "They're alive! What are you complaining about?"

[BadgerMom]

25. Some of them are not alive.

Let’s not forget.

[eShirl]

3. where is the anti child abuse movement?

I thought we had criminalized child neglect and abuse

[Scarsdale]

4. Don Jr. has 5 kids, Ivanka has 3.

Put their kids in the facility for 3 days, see if they still think their daddy is deserving of a second term. Have them visit themselves, assess the situation. Their visits will be free to them, since taxpayers are paying all their expenses. Imagine how worried the parents of these children must be, reading these reports. tRump has brought the USA to its knees in such a short time, it is disgusting. Meanwhile, all the gop can do is cheer their orange ass on to war in the ME. AGAIN.

[Kath2]

5. They don't care.

"Compassionate Conservatism" was a lie then and still is.

[Arkansas Granny]

6. They're too busy right now trying to strip women of reproductive health care.

I'm sure they will be marching down there any day now, you just wait ant see. And wait, and wait, and wait . . . .

[vlyons]

7. This is blatant child abuse

and someone(s) needs to be criminally charged with child abuse.

[NRaleighLiberal]

8. In church practicing their hypocrisy

[mucifer]

9. Once they are born they don't have rights. It's the pre born that matter

[TEB]

10. Repulikkklans So evil

[procon]

11. The Pro-Life Movement is a fundraising scam.

It's nothing more than facicist conglomerate of Republicans, Christian groups, conservatives, militias, corporate sponsors and wealthy rightwing activists. All these people are actively engaged to fundraising efforts to enrich themselves and exploit threir ignorant and impressionable followers.

Do they actually do anything to help women prevent unwanted pregnancies? Yeah, like a sure... sorry that was a joke.

How about any of these so called Pro-Life Movement aficionados spending money on supporting real women and their actual living childred? Absolutely not, there's no money in that.

Do the Pro-Life Movement fans want to pass bills to educate young people on how not to make babies, or provide free BCP to all to avoid abortions? Seriously, um... No, because that would dry up their lucrative revenue streams.

[sharedvalues]

48. Fundraising scam and scam for votes for billionaires.

The GOP billionaires call the Christian Right “useful idiots”.
As in “We need their votes. We can control the useful idiots.”

http://www.chicagonow.com/politics-now/2017/12/the-gop-despises-the-trump-base-and-so-does-trump/

[2naSalit]

12. Every suit-wearing

hypocrite in DHS should have to endure these same conditions for a month... each and every fucking one of them.

[kacekwl]

13. Please, please if we are not going to impeach this

corrupt, illegal administration then can someone with the wherewithal and morality pay to have this story and I'm sure many more like it into an ad to remove trump, McConnell and repukes in general.People need to see this every hour on the hour . This soulless treatment IS criminal and people need to go to prison. Maybe , although I doubt it the so-called God fearing folks may be jolted into doing something that will prove their beliefs.

[defacto7]

14. Pro-life, Evangelicalism, Conservativism, Republicanism

They're all a massive hypocritical scam of the human race.

[Chemisse]

15. How can the government get away with treatment that would be child abuse for anyone else?

Can you imagine local authorities visiting a home where children were treated like this? They would be taken from their parents immediately!

Yet we - as a nation - are treating hundreds of children like this with no end in sight! And it is probably worse than we know (rapes? assaults? medications taken away from diabetics and epileptics?) and getting worse (could this really go so far as a death camp? I really would put nothing past Trump - nothing at all).

[Skittles]

20. who is going to hold them accountable?

our current Democrats, who seem to only care what the Senate would do?

[jpak]

16. Because God has forgiven Trump - the most Biblical President evah

yup

[BSdetect]

17. k&r

[Skittles]

18. "Pro-lifers" only care about fetuses

[backtoblue]

19. Humanitarian Crisis

This really should be on the news 24/7.

These are our fellow humans!

I'm feeling helpless and so disgusted.

[smirkymonkey]

21. I feel exactly as you do.

I am so angry and it seems as though there is nothing we can do. Even if we took up a collection to send them supplies, bedding, clothing, etc., it is very unlikely that this administration would allow it to be distributed to them.

[backtoblue]

23. And then wanting to kidnap even more people in a mass raid!

I posted in another thread ...

They can't even properly provide humane treatment. How were they going to feed and provide medicine for even more?!

This is the real border emergency.

[Crunchy Frog]

22. Absolutely a concentration camp. But musn't divide the country by impeaching. n/t

[certainot]

24. motherfuckers on the radio have spent years suggesting they're diseased and now

they have a president who wants to stimulate an outbreak to use it to close the border

dem congress really need to find out if it's trump allies pushing/funding attacks on ebola clinics in congo at the same time that rw media are emphasizing africans from congo etc coming across the southern bordeer.

in 2014 the rw radio was heavily working and using ebola scare in those elections and they're going to use it again probably with russian help and dem leadership need to get on top of it

[SunSeeker]

26. K & R for exposure.

[Ohiogal]

27. Not to worry

I’m sure the BeBest lady will be on top of this with visits to make sure the kids are taken care of.

[SWBTATTReg]

28. These hypocrites are being exposed for what they really are/what they stand for...

And as one poster above has posted, where are they in demanding better care / rights for these children...they are children for heaven sakes. Won't even give them soap and toothbrushes.

I guess we have to put up a fake abortion client in front of these concentration camps and then just possibly, they might go and protest constantly as they did with the one sole MO abortion provider that is possibly closing forever, in MO.

[panfluteman]

29. Where's the Pro-Life Movement??? Come On Now - These Kids Have Already Been Born!

And the pro-life movement doesn't give a diddly-crap about them!

[Sugar Smack]

30. JESUS CHRIST.

This makes me want to go break something.

[lapfog_1]

31. there never was such a thing as a compassionate conservative - n/t

[ellie]

32. I am so angry

that I cannot see straight. What can we do?

[Guilded Lilly]

33. PRIMAL SCREEEAM. The inhumanity of this Administration is VILE.

[sprinkleeninow]

34. That's a farcical description. 'They are devoid of being compassionate.

That's a load of crap on their part.

Selfish, self-centered, greedy, stingy and repulsive excuses for human beings.

Jesus! God Almighty! Please!

[bronxiteforever]

35. We can never ever be lectured on morality

By any of these so called evangelical creatures. Never let them forget that they ran and hid when children’s lives were at stake. These evangelical sanctimonious hypocrites should be treated with derision and mockery. We have seen their actions and deeds which speak much louder than their mouths.
“let us not love in word or speech, but in action and in truth.” Gospel according to John

[malaise]

36. Crimes against humanity

Fuck the monsters

[DFW]

37. The so-called "pro-life" movement is not pro-life

They are for prohibiting abortions. They are not pro-children, pro medical care, or pro-women. They do not campaign against the death penalty. They are not vegetarian.

They are all for mistreating children and killing animals or other people if they see a purpose in it. They are "pro-life" like they are "pro-molybdenum," i.e., it's just a convenient, meaningless label.

[Major Nikon]

53. I call them forced-birthers

[ladym55]

38. But they're illegals!!!!

This is smug, self-righteous response of the White Evangelicals--apparently the "right to life" is only for white fetuses ... er ... children. These people sicken me--and make me very afraid for the future of our country.

[muntrv]

39. They are pro fetus, not pro life.

[orangecrush]

40. K&R

[warmfeet]

41. Let's just remove

any reference to impeachment from the Constitution.

It simply can't be used, and it never seems to apply - except for blowjobs, of course (duh!). Truth be told, I like exceptionally dry powder - always have. Never have I seen a powder too dry for my taste. Inaction is the best policy I always say.

Nope, impeachment is right off the table. I like to just keep going down the same, disgusting, immoral, criminal and insane path as we are on right now. Hope it lasts forever, because there is nothing I, or any Democrat, can do - short of a few strongly worded letters, that is. Sit back, have a rest, and watch the non-show. It should be really fun to see just how much the orange shit gibbon can get away with.

[fantase56]

42. Love the fetus - hate the child

Christianity at its best.....

[lpbk2713]

43. They know they didn't do anything wrong.

And they are scared to death and they want their parents.

This is unimaginable subhuman cruelty. Where is the United Nations?

[orangecrush]

52. EXCELLENT point.

[nuxvomica]

44. If these were the child-care conditions in an American household...

then Social Services would be on the case. The kids would probably be in foster care by now. I think that it invites legal comparison: if the government already recognizes a standard of care for children such that they vigorously enforce it, how can they justify, in court, practices that are below their own standard?

[Kablooie]

45. They are only pro-fetus. As soon as the kid is born they they are perfectly fine if he dies.

One less dirty moocher to worry about.

[AllaN01Bear]

47. shoulda read your post before i posted mine . yours says it all.

[Useless in FL]

49. reunite!

These babies need to be reunited with their parents asap with immediate medical attention. Get the Frump in there to replace them. Let him see firsthand how cruel this treatment is. Lock him in a cage with nothing...see how long that lasts!

[dalton99a]

50. Kick

[LonePirate]

51. The "Pro-Lifers" are silent because (1) these kids are already born and (2) they are not caucasian.

[LuckyLib]

54. The racism is simply astounding.

[arthritisR_US]

55. Pro life only care when the life is in the womb and they can

dictate a choice on the woman. After birth they don’t give a shit.