Federal money — taxpayers’ money — will now be available for many international groups that promote or provide abortions. The White House issued a statement on Friday at 7 p.m. EST, saying President Barack Obama quietly signed the executive order that lifted funding restrictions — the Mexico City Policy — for foreign non-governmental organizations that counsel for, promote, or provide abortion.

"For the past eight years, [the restrictions] have undermined efforts to promote safe and effective voluntary family planning in developing countries," Obama said in the statement, issued on his third full day in office.

The move was both cheered and jeered by various congressmen.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) thought that handing out money to abortion promoters and providers "will help save lives and empower the poorest women and families to improve their quality of life and their future."

Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) chimed in with, "Today's announcement is a very powerful signal to our neighbors around the world that the United States is once again back in the business of good public policy and ideology no longer blunts our ability to save lives around the globe.”

"Coming just one day after the 36th anniversary of the tragic Roe v. Wade decision, this presidential directive forces taxpayers to subsidize abortions overseas — something no American should be required by government to do," said House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio).

Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) called the move, "morally wrong.”

"President Obama not long ago told the American people that he would support policies to reduce abortions, but today he is effectively guaranteeing more abortions by funding groups that promote abortion as a method of population control," said Douglas Johnson, legislative director of the National Right to Life Committee.

Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, pointed out: "Both sides of the abortion debate, from Planned Parenthood to Family Research Council, agree on a simple economic point: when you subsidize abortion, abortions will increase. Thanks to his actions today, U.S. taxpayers will be forced to take part in exporting a culture of death.”

Next on the list will more than likely be the reinstatement of monies to help fund the United Nations Population Fund, an agency that is accused of turning a blind eye to China’s forced sterilization and one-child policies.

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Patti Neuroth said:

	... Disgusting
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January 24, 2009
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Steven J. Strang said:

Population control, indeed Abortion, as it is promoted by the left, is certainly part of the internationalists' plan for a dramatic population reduction. In their effort to reduce "carbon footprints" and thus put people under the control of international governmental bodies (such as the U.N.), leftists (and pseudo-conservatives, for that matter) are actively encouraging abortion by portraying it as a "right" that every so-called civilized society should embrace. The disturbing irony to this is that the very uncivil societies that most brutally treat their citizens are the ones that engage in population control. China comes to mind, as does Japan, with its new government policy of literally checking the weight of all citizens 40 and older. Abortion is just one of the many components of world government. The destruction of the U.S. dollar is soon to come, as well.

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Patrick Greene said:

	Save lives by killing babies I see that John Kerry and Nancy "Botox" Pelosi think that aborting (killing) babies saves lives. They must have some sort of mental defect. As for the "empty suit" financing the export of the culture of death, what did you expect?
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Marek said:

	More will come What can we expect from person (president?!) like Obama? Only more problems.
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Josh Silberman said:

	... How can we morally give one cent of our money to this monster of an entity that extorts us to kill children here and overseas? Paying taxes makes every American complicit in this holocaust.
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ifeelhome said:

Bunch of Loons Why is abortion policy being termed a "population" control mechanism by Republicans? If we're trying to control the population, why don't we go after Christian sects that believe that the more children one has the more highly God looks upon them (thus families with 10+ kids). Abortion rights involve family planning, just like choosing to have 15 kids. Abortion policy is a "rights" control mechanism, it is a promotion of the freedom of choice. We are effectively spreading this freedom of choice to other countries. Anyone who thinks that this particular policy is an extension of the killing of children, or "culture of death", is ignorant and would be wise to more properly understand the situation. Not electing to go forward with this would be an extension of our little empathy or care for the poor. If you think that this policy is expanding the "culture of death" then you probably hate poor people.

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