A Real Cuban Hero

With the exit of Cuba's Fidel Castro, pro-life forces are seizing on the opportunity to reverse the culture of death there. The biggest advocate of restoring human dignity to Cuba, Dr. Oscar Biscet, is imprisoned on the island for protesting abortions. Biscet, who is serving 22 years for condemning the government's policy, is so respected that President Bush honored him with the Presidential Medal of Freedom last November. Now that Castro's brother Raul has succeeded him as the country's communist leader, the international community is calling on him to free Biscet. In a nation where six of every 10 pregnancies end in abortion, Cuba has never needed Biscet more. In the 40 years since the government began legalizing and subsidizing abortion, it has become a leading method of birth control there. The risk to women's health is grave and the devastation to the next generation catastrophic. For every politician pushing government-sponsored universal health care, be warned! This is where such a policy could lead.