It isn’t enough to fight for publicly funded abortions here in the States, now the Senate has authorized money for abortion providers worldwide:
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate has lifted a ban to provide family-planning aid to overseas organizations that promote or perform abortions.
In a vote 53-41 last Thursday, the senate reversed current U.S. policy restricting aid to abortion groups in favor of using taxpayer’s money to support overseas health groups which include abortion as a method of family planning.
Ben Nelson of Nebraska was the sole Democrat to vote against the amendment. There were a few RINOs that voted for it. Here is the breakdown.
Sen. Barbara Boxer, (D-CA), sponsored the bill and turned a matter of tax-payer funded abortions in foreign countries into a matter of free speech:
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), a longtime advocate of abortion rights, led the fight to overturn what she called the “global gag rule.”
Under existing policy, no U.S. foreign aid can go to organizations that use their own money to support abortion, including counseling.
Repealing the policy, Boxer contended, “could significantly enhance the health and well-being of millions of women around the globe.”
The president, she said, “speaks about how democracy should be the centerpiece of our foreign policy. . . . I ask you, what is democratic about gagging people? What is democratic about saying ‘You have no right to free speech unless you agree with me’?”
Dubya has already said this is destined for a veto. One of the few times even Andrew might say he’s glad Bush is in the White House.
It tortures me to say it, but yes – in this one very specific instance I am glad it’s Bush. -Andrew
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