apparently these are AID programs. On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > Because it is in our best interests. That's the basis of all foriegn > aid. If we are able to help reduce infant mortality, increase the > standard of living, improve the lives of people in other countries, > then we project a more positive image of our country, we help bolster > that countries economy and create a market for our products and > services and we reduce the likelihood of civil unrest and war > contributing to a more stable region and a decreased chance of things > like terrorism. > > We shouldn't bankrupt ourselves doing it but in general a more > healthy, better educated, more stable world is to our own interest. > > Judah > > On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 12:43 PM, Scott Stewart <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Brings up a question, >> >> Why are we (the federal government we) funding a clinic of any kind in >> a foreign country >> Isn't that up to the government of the country that the clinic is in, or >> a private, non government entity? >> >> Judah McAuley wrote: >>> Are you aware that all facilities that provide abortion services are >>> medical clinics? That it is, in fact, a medical procedure? >>> >>> There is a Planned Parenthood a couple blocks from my house. One >>> friend gets her annual exam there. They did my friends vasectomy. I've >>> gotten condoms there. Its a good place to go for STD testing. My wife >>> had an IUD consultation there. In fact only a tiny fraction of the >>> work they do there is at all related to abortion. It is just a medical >>> clinic that focuses on matters related to sexuality in the same way >>> that you go to a Urologist for kidney issues. They are specialists, >>> that's all. >>> >>> And the interpretation of the Mexico City policy has been quite >>> specific under Republican administrations. It doesn't matter if a >>> Planned Parenthood funded group provided referrals to abortions in >>> hospitals in a country where abortions are legal...that group could >>> not receive a dime of federal money. Period. >>> >>> Judah >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 12:14 PM, C. Hatton Humphrey >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>>> By this statement, you're inferring that you don't think that hospitals >>>>> should receive federal funding either? >>>>> >>>> Let me be a bit less vague - I do not feel that tax dollars from any >>>> level should be used to provide abortions or keep abortion clinics >>>> open. Hospitals, medical clinics and other facilities are a different >>>> matter, even if they provide abortions. >>>> >>>> Specialization is the difference. Does that make it clearer for you? >>>> >>>> Oh, and all of the rhetoric that has been thrown out is (I'm assuming) >>>> domestically based. This specific order is to provide funding for >>>> "family planning" facilities - which the memo specifically refers to >>>> as providing abortions - in OTHER COUNTRIES. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > >
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