Wake-up call

THE EDITOR: The presence of one of the most conservative anti-choice organisations in our country should be more than enough of a cause for us to wake-up. It is time to open our eyes. That group is from Virginia in the United States. Sharing its ultra-conservative ideology, late last year, the US attempted to block the proposal of the UN General Assembly Special Session on Children for education to avoid sexually transmitted diseases. Which other countries voted with the US, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Sudan and Syria?

In the Caribbean, half the persons with HIV/AIDS are women. Worse, for every one teenage boy with HIV there are three or four teenage girls with the infection. Our women are more vulnerable. If that alliance of countries is not a sufficient wake up call I do not know what else we need to jerk us out of our lethargy. As a democracy we should not be scared of other voices. But as a democracy we have a duty to take a stand. We all know the truth of ASPIRE’s messages, Yet we remain silent. Why?

  V  GEORGE
Sangre Grande