I was not advocating that the story was 100% fact given the source (even admitted that up front).
I've got no issue with organizations distributing condoms, but if we were actually funding abortions in other countries...well...that would piss me off. On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 7:38 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, that link throws a 404 error but given the url it resolves to, I > guess I know what the issue is. > > The issue isn't funding abortions. That is a cannard thrown out there > to distract people. Rather it is something called the Global Gag Rule, > which prohibits providing funding to any group (even for humanitarian > purposes) that performs abortions or provides information on > abortions. So if Planned Parenthood has a program distributing condoms > and providing safer-sex education in Africa to reduce the incidence of > HIV infection, that program could not receive funding unless PP > stopped providing abortion services anywhere in the world and didn't > provide any counseling that include discussion of abortion as an > option. > > To my knowledge, government funding has never been used to provide > abortions. However, groups which provide family planning services did > receive funding during the Clinton administration for programs like > family planning and safer-sex education. Under Bush, those programs > could not be funded because of the organizations that provided the > program. > > Judah > > On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 4:21 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am pro-choice, but should our tax dollars really be used to perform > > abortions in other countries? > > > > http://tinyurl.com/boepsz > > > > And before anyone gets their panties in a bunch, I know its Fox News, but > I > > could not find reference to this elsewhere. > > > > This is the kind of nickel and dime shit I was hoping we could get rid > of. > > > > -- > > Scott Stroz > > > > The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are > > willing to work and give to those who would not. -- Thomas Jefferson > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:286063 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
