In a pen stroke, Barack Obama does more for women than George W. Bush ever did
January 23, 2009 by William K. Wolfrum
In one pen stroke, Barack Obama will do more for women around the globe than George W. Bush did in eight years.
Officials: Obama to reverse abortion policyBy LIZ SIDOTI and MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press Writers Liz Sidoti And Matthew Lee, Associated Press Writers
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama plans to sign an executive order ending the ban on federal funds for international groups that promote or perform abortions, officials told The Associated Press on Friday.
The move, long expected in the Democratic president’s first week in office, will be welcomed by liberals and criticized by abortion rights foes.
The policy bans U.S. taxpayer money, usually in the form of U.S. Agency for International Development funds, from going to international family planning groups that either offer abortions or provide information, counseling or referrals about abortion. It is also known as the “global gag rule,” because it prohibits taxpayer funding for groups that even talk about abortion if there is an unplanned pregnancy.
Also known as the “Mexico City policy,” it has been reinstated and then reversed by Republican and Democratic presidents since GOP President Ronald Reagan established it in 1984. President Bill Clinton ended the ban in 1993, but President George W. Bush re-instituted it in 2001 as one of his first acts in office.
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–WKW
when will they learn it is not their money to spend pushing the killing of the unborn.
If they want to kill there own kids let them use their own money
this does nothing for woman except degrade them you act like they cannot contorl their selves
I too am pleased that women in other countries can now have abortions at the expense of American taxpayers. Because it’s not about abortion. It’s about freedom, sweet freedom.
The first chance I get, I’m going to Mexico, dress up like a women *, go to an abortion clinic and get free information about abortion, just so I can experience the freedom, sweet freedom, of a world divorced from the hegemony of the male sex. Liberty, thy name is 3rd world abortions!
(* this time, I plan to be sober)
If they ever need a poster boy for why abortion should be an option, they’ll need look no further than herbert D carter.