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I would hope that if I ever fell off of a horse and broke my neck that I would not advocate destroying a "fetus" - to me a living child - in hopes of possibly curing my quadriplegia. Christopher Reeve, though I mourn his disability and his death, was a misguided activist!

The thing is, if you ever fell off a horse and broke your neck, it's not exactly a philosophical stretch to say your life isn't worth living and that therefore, to ease the burden on society, your life should be terminated - just like an aborted fetus. Joni addresses this slippery slope in the interview:

If we violate a human embryo today, tomorrow we will become callous about the fetus, then the infant, and then people with physical defects. A society that honors life will safeguard the rights of the disadvantaged, the weak and the small. ...

This eroding of the value of less-than-perfect human life also was discussed in the Francis A. Schaeffer/C. Everett Koop book and film series, "Whatever Happened to the Human Race?"

And would you want to FORCE by LAW your neighbors who believe it is a SIN to kill a human life, in any form, to pay for that destruction? Force a middle income family and teenage working kids to pay for YOUR whims? When YOU are a millionaire? When all of your friends are mega-millionaires?! Reeve wanted us to pay for all his pet projects, including the NEA.