Evil
Deepens
The
Obama government continues to spread
and institutionalize evil. The promotion
of abortion worldwide has shifted to
high gear. The darkness in the world
deepens.
Our
pro-life work is even more crucial and
urgent today. Let us all know the issues
and the attacks of the enemy. Let us
get down on our knees and implore the
Giver of life to protect the unborn.
But we need to do our part.
Lord,
have mercy on us and on the whole world.
God
bless and protect us all.
frank
Senate
Committee Votes to Permanently
Kill Mexico City Policy.
By Kathleen Gilbert
WASHINGTON,
D.C., July 13, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com)
- The Senate Appropriations
Committee voted Thursday to
codify President Obama's overthrow
of the Mexico City Policy by
approving an amendment to open
U.S. funding for abortion-promoting
non-governmental organizations
(NGOs) worldwide.
The
abortion amendment was offered
by Senator Lautenberg (D-NJ)
to the State and Foreign Operations
Appropriations bill (S.1434)
and was co-sponsored by Senators
Leahy (D-VT), Mikulski (D-MD),
Murray (D-WA), and Collins (R-ME).
The committee favored the amendment
17-11, allowing it to be considered
by the Senate.
Instituted
by Ronald Reagan in 1984, the
Mexico City Policy bans taxpayer
dollars from funding international
groups that perform or promote
abortions. The policy has gone
in and out of use depending
on the political party in the
White House: Bill Clinton immediately
rescinded the policy by executive
order, and George W. Bush reinstated
it before President Obama overturned
it once more. However, the new
amendment would codify President
Obama's executive order and
prevent future pro-life presidents
from reviving the policy by
executive order.
Lautenberg's
amendment states that overseas
organizations "shall not
be ineligible for such assistance
solely on the basis of health
or medical services, including
counseling and referral services
... if such services are permitted
in the country in which they
are being provided."
International
abortion NGOs such as Planned
Parenthood and Marie Stopes,
who are now eligible for U.S.
funds, constitute perhaps the
primary force behind the spread
of abortion worldwide by both
providing abortion and aggressively
lobbying pro-life nations to
dismantle legal protection for
the unborn.
The
bill assigns $628.5 million
for international family planning
without the protections of the
Mexico City policy, $50 million
of which will fund the United
Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
Though the UNFPA claims it resists
coercive population control
policies, recent investigations
have confirmed earlier proof
pointing to the UNFPA's complicity
in China's one-child policy
tactics including forced abortion
and sterilization.
In
the House version of the bill
Wednesday, pro-life legislators
also met with defeat, after
the Democrat-controlled Rules
Committee rejected an amendment
that would have explicitly restored
the Mexico City Policy.
The
rescinding of the Mexico City
Policy was the least popular
among the surveyed early actions
of President Obama. While approval
ratings for his other actions
hovered around 75%, only 35%
approved of Obama's decision
to provide U.S. foreign aid
for abortion groups.
See related LifeSiteNews.com
coverage:
Congress
Squashes Latest Attempts to
Revive Mexico City Policy
New
On-the-Ground Investigations
Confirm UNFPA Complicity in
China's Coercive Population
Policy
"For
to me life is Christ, and death
is gain." (Phil 1:21)