pro-life?

There's a story by Mohammed Omer across at the excellent IPS News that deserves, I think, some wider consideration. It begins:

Siege Hits Palestinians Before They Are Born

Mohammed Omer 

GAZA CITY, May 14 (IPS) - The Israeli siege of Gaza that has restricted access to food, water and medicine is now beginning to hit unborn children and newborn babies.

"Many babies are born suffering from anaemia that they have inherited from their mothers," Dr Salah al-Rantisi, head of the women's health department at the Palestinian ministry of health in Gaza told IPS. And the mothers are becoming anaemic because they do not now get enough nutrition through pregnancy.

The full, infinitely sad story can be read at http://www.ipsnews.net:80/news.asp?idnews=42367.
 

bargain of the month!

 
Hugo-winning artist Frank Wu (frankwu) is offering to take on special commissions very, very cheaply indeed as part of a fundraiser: see http://frankwu.livejournal.com/162727.html.