Would Jesus Mandate Sonograms but Cut Pre-K Critique.

In the column Would Jesus mandate sonograms but cut pre-K? in the Fort Worth Star Telegram Linda Campbell is arguing the point that Texas Government has a double standard when it comes to budgets. She bases the argument on the fact that Sen. Dan Patrick of Houston used God as the basis of passing the bill requiring women to have sonograms before they are allowed to get an abortion. She then takes the concept of Senators doing the "Lords Work" to show that by passing the sonogram bill the legislature is, in a way, forcing women to keep their babies but are then cutting budgets that will have a huge impact on said babies' lives. Campbell does this by using the Gospel of Matthew to illustrate that Jesus did not have double standards and helped everyone, no matter what situation they were in. She also illustrates the fact that the government spends vast amounts of money on "unnecessary luxuries" such as restoring old courthouses that could otherwise be put to extremely necessary causes like public school budgets. I feel as though the argument was extremely succesful as I had never considered this double standard before. No matter how one feels about the issue of abortion Linda Campbell makes it perfectly clear that the sonogram bill and the public school budget cuts just do not go together when it seems as though they should completely intertwine. I am and have always been pro choice so I think that this argument will let other people see that until the government can take care of people who are already out in the world, they should leave the unborn ones alone.