I'm not sure who you're talking about Matt. Christians are for defending the weakest among us, infants(born and unborn), widows, homeless. My church and most I've been involved with have generous benevolent funds for assisting those in and out of the church. What we oppose is the federal government performing that role. Promoting the general welfare in no way meant social safety nets when it was written. It is better done by neighbors, families, church(or faith) communities and local charities and governments.
Just a comment to add. Wide spread poverty, birth control and lack of education is a global problem. Much of the discussion here views the issue from a developed world middle class standpoint versus what actually is the case when dealing with the inner city and the very poor nation wide where family structures have broken down for generations and the educational system is extremely ineffective. In many instances young teenage pregnancies are the norm as are premature births and all of the associated issues from lack of health care availability and effective prenatal care. I believe that it is true that if we viewed hospital records in any of our cities we would find that as much as 80% of births are paid by Medicaid and a equally high percentage are from unwed mothers.
The Catholic church would be a pretty easy example of how that is clearly not always true.
