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This article appeared in the October 29, 2007 edition of The Nation.

October 10, 2007

POOR? DON'T GET SICK

Burbank, Calif.

Katha Pollitt's "Poverty Is Hazardous to Your Health" should be required reading for all Americans ["Subject to Debate," Oct. 8]. The trouble is, there are conservatives without compassion who think they could never be in the position of Dr. Barry's patient. They think the reason is that they've made "good choices" and this woman hasn't. Guess they wouldn't have had that child--oops, but they oppose abortion and often contraception. I guess they just would never have had sex. (Ha!) Pollitt's column makes me more outraged than ever at conservatives' lack of sympathy for the poor.

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