Dear Editor:
U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt is against abortion. I get that. But what I don't get is this:
When women are not free to choose abortion, children are born who can never grow into adults who can take care of themselves. But Blunt's party, also the party of State Sen. Mike Kehoe, doesn't want loving families to have the support of Medicaid so that they can care for these children in their loving homes. Caring for these very special children with serious and complex medical problems throughout their entire lives requires consultation with professionals who visit the home through services provided by Medicaid.
That leaves institutionalization as the only option.
Missouri is largely rural. Institutionalization will mean moving the child or adult who needs care to a location that may not be accessible to the loving family, for without Medicaid reimbursement, many facilities will close, leaving the only options in urban areas. Plus, without Medicaid to pay for the care, the loving family caregiver must now go to work at a job that Gov. Eric Greitens and the Republican party insist must not be required to pay a living wage, so opportunities to even visit the (now frightened and traumatized) child or adult, perhaps a hundred miles away from their loving family, will be limited.
So my question for Roy Blunt, Mike Kehoe, and Eric Greitens is: Why is the Republican party trying to traumatize and bust up families?
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