Religion & Law

The New York Times, not surprisingly, opposes  those "House Republicans [who] are preparing to push through restrictions on federal financing of abortions far more extreme than previously proposed at the federal level."  According to the Times, there is something . . . off about the fact that "[l]awmakers who otherwise rail against big government have made it one of their highest priorities to take the decision about a legal medical procedure out of the hands of individuals and turn it over to the government."  How restricting funding for X amounts to taking away from individuals, and turning over to government, the decision about whether or not to do X is not made clear.

Does anyone recall the Times expressing concern that the persistent refusal of most legislatures in America to make it possible for low-income Americans to exercise their constitutional right to choose religious (and, as it happens, usually better) schools for their children amounts to a denial of that right?  To a "taking away" from parents of the decision about education?  Anyone?  . . . Anyone? . . .  (Bueller?)