Obama to sign Tobacco bill

Obama to Sign Landmark Tobacco Bill
22 June 2009

The president will sign the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act into law Monday (1800 UTC). When we read the reasons for Obama signing this bill you will see that this bill is intended to lower our health care exposures as well as save lives. I don't see that as a bad reason. I worry about the U.S. government taking on business instead of running a country, but this is a good cause.

The Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says an estimated 443,000 people in the United States die prematurely from smoking or exposure to secondhand smoke every year...

I have a few questions.

What about the unborn? The aborted? How many lives will this Family bill save?

A total of 839,226 legal induced abortions were reported to CDC for 2004 from 49 reporting areas, representing a 1.1% decline from the 848,163 legal induced abortions reported by 49 reporting areas for 2003. The abortion ratio, defined as the number of abortions per 1,000 live births, was 238 in 2004, a decrease from the 241 in 2003. The abortion rate was 16 per 1,000 women aged 15--44 years for 2004, the same since 2000. For the same 47 reporting areas, the abortion rate remained relatively constant during 1998--2004.

I know, we need to stop second hand smoke, like the cigarette smoke by one's lover because it might kill me, but the child, planned or not is in for certain death because, well because you can't tax it and you can't say it's bad in front of your liberal friends.

Exodus 21:22-23
If men fight, and hurt a woman with child, so that she gives birth prematurely, yet no harm follows, he shall surely be punished accordingly as the woman;s husband imposes on him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. But if any ham follows, then you shall give life for life. (NKJV).

We will give up smoking but not save the lives that need caring for. Thank you Mr. President for regulating the tobacco business, but next time get real and take care of our future by saving the live of our unborn children!