What is Your Stance on Healthcare for Pregnant Women and Children?

The following excerpt is from a petition I had signed on July 26th, 2007 regarding healthcare for children and pregnant women.
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There is no justifiable reason why our children should go without health care nor their families. How can a mother, father, or guardian expect to keep their loved child well if they themselves are too ill to care for them? How can we expect to better our world if we are too wrapped up in money and ego and pride to take care of our future? For without our children, without mothers who are in the process of giving birth, of giving life, what will happen to us? Where will we be? What of the fate of the world? Don't let our future keep back-sliding and allowing us to get sicker and sicker until a premature death is our only means of escape.