President Obama Lifts Overseas Ban

BREAKING NEWS: Obama ends funding ban for abortion groups abroad

BEHIND THE NEWS: The policy, known as the Mexico City Policy, was created in 1984 by President Ronald Regan. The policy requires non-governmental organizations (NGO) to "agree as a condition of their receipt of [U.S.] federal funds" that they will "neither perform nor actively promote abortion as a method of family planning in other nations". The policy has exceptions for abortions done in response to rape, incest, or life-threatening conditions. The organizations were required to meet specified conditions in order to be eligible for federal funding from the United States, and, as a result, several international abortion agencies no longer received a portion of their funds from this source. The ban was in place between 1984 – 1993 (Regan and Bush Sr.) then lifted while Clinton was in office, and then finally reinstituted during the presidency of Bush Jr.

Here is another description of the Mexico City Policy:

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.

What all of this means is that our tax money will go to these NGO (international) without having to meet the specifications mentioned above. Our money is going to fund abortions around the world. I hope everyone has their eyes open and is realizing the world we will be living in for the next 4 years. It is ridiculous that are money is going to such a horrific cause while companies are asking the government to bailout them out.

 

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