ADMINISTRATION -- OBAMA TO OVERTURN 'GLOBAL GAG RULE': Today, President Obama will overturn the "Global Gag Rule," also known as the "Mexico City Policy." This policy stipulates that "no U.S. government funding for family planning services can be given to clinics or groups that offer abortion services or counseling in other countries even if the funds for those activities come from non-U.S. government sources." President Reagan first instituted this policy in 1984; it was later overturned by President Bill Clinton, only to be reinstated by President George W. Bush. Obama's reversal of Bush's order -- which U.N. special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa said was "doing damage to Africa" -- could help slow the transmission of HIV/AIDS in the region. Unlike Presidents Clinton and Bush, however, Obama chose not to use yesterday's anniversary of Roe v. Wade to take this expected course of action, apparently to avoid looking overly combative. Explaining his support for pro-choice policies yesterday, Obama said that Roe v. Wade "not only protects women's health and reproductive freedom, but stands for a broader principle: that government should not intrude on our most private family matters."
Friday, January 23, 2009
U.S. Out of Africa's Uterus!
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This whole change thing is too good to be true....I think I'm going to have to pinch myself.
ReplyDeleteI think that this is great, now a woman and the sperm donor no longer have to use birth control of any kind. Abortion does not do anything to control unwanted pregnancies. Neither do the pamphlets and group instruction classes. So now we will encourage the women of the universe to just kill any unwanted fetus before it enters the world and takes his or her's first breath of fresh air. All they need to do do is find a doctor who is willing to kill a defenseless fetus, and it appears that there a plenty of them out there.
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