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Support the Reinstatement of the Mexico City Policy
(H.R. 708)
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Letter
from Seventy-seven Members of Congress to the Then President-elect Obama,
January 16, 2009
Letter from a
Citizen 1
Summary of This Issue
Support
H.R. 708:
To restrict assistance to foreign organizations that perform or actively
promote abortions.
Sponsored by Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ 4th) and introduced on January
27, 2009, bill H.R. 708 would strike down President Obama's repeal of the
Mexico City Policy.
The Mexico City Policy required the more than six hundred groups that receive
State Department taxpayer funding to pledge not to promote or perform abortions
with it. The policy ensured that taxpayer money was not used overseas
to fund abortion providers.
President Obama overturned the Mexico City Policy on January 23, 2009.
President Reagan first put the Mexico City Policy in place. It is named for
a population conference that took place in the Mexican capital in 1984 when
he introduced the policy.
President George H. W. Bush continued the pro-life policy, President Clinton
overturned it, and President George W. Bush kept it for eight years and
threatened to veto any Congressional spending bill reversing it.
Please tell your legislators to support this bill. Your tax dollars should
not be funding abortion providers.
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Catholic
Congressman Chris Smith Tries to Reinstate Mexico City Policy
http://www.catholic.org/politics/story.php?id=31863
"'The Mexico City Policy represents common ground,' Smith said. 'It has allowed
the US to substantially fund international family planning without padding
the budgets of radical groups intent on spreading the scourge of abortion.
Under Mexico City policy, funding for family planning was not reduced one
penny. The President's decision will shift U.S. funding from true family
planning programs to programs that provide and promote abortion with little
or no regard for the sovereignty of democratic nations that oppose abortion
as a method of family planning.'"
Pro-Life Senators Bemoan
Vote Against Restoring Mexico City Policy on Abortion
http://www.lifenews.com/nat4797.html
"... Senator Mel Martinez was behind the amendment to reinstate the Mexico
City Policy and, during the debate, he told his colleagues that the vote
clearly concerned funding groups that promote or perform abortions. 'The
core of this argument is whether U.S. taxpayers ought to be forced to fund
efforts abroad that utilize abortion as a means of family planning,' the
Florida Republican said. 'If we want to continue fostering a culture of life,
where every life is considered sacred, every child is celebrated, and life
at all stages is given the dignity it deserves, then we will reinstate this
policy,' he added. Senator Jim DeMint ... 'Taxpayers should never be forced
to pay for the destruction of human life, here at home or overseas ... President
Obama campaigned on a platform of reducing abortions, yet one of his first
official acts was to force millions of American taxpayers who find this practice
immoral to pay for more abortions overseas. We cannot have a debate about
protecting the health of children while we're use tax dollars to destroy
the lives of the most vulnerable children. ..."
5
groups profit from Mexico City policy repeal
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=88571
"... In reality, only five of 457 organizations declined U.S. Agency for
International Development family planning assistance in protest over the
Mexico City Policy in 2001. ... any organization abandoning mothers and children
by closing its clinic doors rather than give up abortion showed what, not
who, it really cared about. ..."
Senate Defeats Pro-Life
Amendment to Restore Mexico City Policy on Abortion
http://www.lifenews.com/nat4794.html
"On Wednesday, members of the U.S. Senate defeated an amendment sponsored
by pro-life members to restore the Mexico City Policy that President Barack
Obama rescinded last week. ... Meanwhile, pro-life Rep. Chris Smith, a New
Jersey Republican, and several other pro-life members of the House have
introduced legislation to restore the Mexico City Policy. 'The President's
decision will shift U.S. funding from true family planning programs to programs
that provide and promote abortion with little or no regard for the sovereignty
of democratic nations that oppose abortion as a method of family planning
... If President Obama truly seeks to reduce the number of abortions, he
must resist funding groups who are driven to export and expand abortion as
a method of family planning ... Abortion is never safe for the child and
women deserve better than the tragic, irreversible consequences of abortion.
...'"
President Obama Releases
Statement After Funding Foreign Pro-Abortion Groups
http://www.lifenews.com/nat4781.html
"... Obama claims the Mexico City Policy somehow stood in the way of funding
family planning efforts, even though the policy only prevented family planning
dollars from going to pro-abortion groups. ... Gary Bauer ... said Obama's
executive orders are confusing. In a time of great economic anxiety and surging
budget deficits, is forcing American taxpayers to subsidize abortion really
such a high priority for the new administration or the best use of our resources?
he asked. 'And I can't help but be perplexed and disappointed by the irony
of extending rights to terrorists while committing American tax dollars to
the destruction of innocent life,' he said."
Abortion Advocates Applying
for Money Obama Okays for Foreign Abortions
http://www.lifenews.com/int1069.html
"Abortion advocates are already beginning to apply for funding President
Barack Obama is making available to them to promote and perform abortions.
Obama rescinded the Mexico City Policy during his first week in office and
now one British abortion business is restarting efforts in Kenya as a result.
Walter Odhiambo is the Kenya director for Marie Stopes International, a
British-based abortion business that operates in numerous African nations.
..."
Poll: Americans Upset Obama
Reversed Mexico City Policy, Promoting Abortions
http://www.lifenews.com/nat4810.html
"A new Gallup poll finds a strong majority of Americans are upset that President
Barack Obama overturned a policy that prevented funding of groups that promote
or perform abortions overseas. In overturning the Mexico City Policy, Obama
reneged on his promise to reduce abortions as president. ..."
President Barack Obama
Forces Taxpayers to Fund, Promote Worldwide Abortions
http://www.lifenews.com/nat4781.html
"... One effect of Obama's order will be to divert many millions of dollars
away from groups that do not promote abortion, and into the hands of those
organizations that are the most aggressive in promoting abortion in developing
countries ... Obama's order will predictably result in a redirection of funds
to groups such as the International Planned Parenthood Federation, which
are ideologically committed to the doctrine that abortion on demand must
be universally available as a birth control method ..."
Obama Expected to Overturn
Mexico City Policy, Fund Abortions, Thursday
http://www.lifenews.com/int1056b.html
"... So, a president who not long ago told the American people that he wanted
to reduce the number of abortions, is already effectively promoting the increased
use of abortion as a means of population control ..."
Text of the Legislation
To restrict
assistance to foreign organizations that perform or actively promote abortions.
H.R. 708
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.708:
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At National Right to Life
Prohibition
on funding overseas abortion-promoting organizations (Mexico City Policy),
Bill # H.R.708
http://www.capwiz.com/nrlc/issues/bills/?bill=12547451
See the legislation's full text and summary, along with pro-life scores of
the bill, its sponsors, its cosponsors, and your elected officials.
At Govtrack.gov
H.R.
708: To restrict assistance to foreign organizations that perform or actively
promote abortions
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-708
See the legislation's full text, sponsors, and cosponsors; and easily track
the bill's status.
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