The House Democrats, led by Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., plan to reintroduce the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance Act, which would repeal the Hyde Amendment and force United States citizens to have their taxes fund abortions.
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The child, identified as “X,” has been in a coma since he was found at the bottom of his family’s swimming pool last June. Though the hospital believes that the child may actually breathe on his own without the help of the breathing tube, his parents want reassurance that he will be reintubated if that isn’t the case. The hospital is refusing to concede to this request, arguing instead that the boy should receive end-of-life care if that happens.
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“Masculinity is more socially constructed than femininity. The script is more important. It has to be nurturing, not in the same way as mothers, but by being similarly other-centered. Creating a surplus, caring for others, sacrificing for others. The question then is, what are we going to build that script around? That sense of being needed, giving, other-centered? My answer to that is fatherhood.”
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The image of the scarred woman is apparently part of a broader Burberry ad campaign depicting LGBT couples expressing affection.
Judging from the comments on Instagram, the ad was not well received.
Studies show demonstrably that the structure of the family is the most important factor in educational and economic success. Schooling has only a limited impact on later life success. In addition, groundbreaking research by professor James Heckman, a Nobel laureate in economics, shows that large income transfers and well-funded schools have little effect on economic mobility. Children from higher socioeconomic income levels continue to outperform children from lower socioeconomic levels. The family structure matters. Heckman also postulates that high taxes and generous income transfers discourage hard work. Why strive when the benefits of striving are taxed away?
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