,<< don't want my tax dollars paying for killing babies. Period.>>
YOUR DOLLARS WILL NOT GO TO PAY FOR ABORTIONS, AND HAVE NOT DONE SO SINCE 1973!
From the article, which you evidently didn't read:
Mr. Bush's press secretary, Ari Fleischer,
explaining the decision, said, "The president
does not support using taxpayer funds to
provide abortions." But that was a non sequitur.
Government funding of abortions abroad has
been prohibited by law since 1973. The Bush
rule says that clinics in developing countries
will lose U.S. funds if they even discuss
abortion with their patients.
What it means on the ground is this: A woman
who has AIDS comes to a clinic somewhere in
Africa or Asia. Drugs to prevent transmission
of the disease to newborn infants are not
available there. She desperately wants to avoid
bearing the child. But the doctor or nurse
cannot advise her on a safe, legal abortion if
the clinic wants to keep its American funds.
And of course you write
<<<The problem with AIDS in Africa is because people are having unprotected sex. >>>
Many family planning groups, knowing that
women will not understand a refusal to discuss
abortion, will decide to give up U.S. support.
That will have drastic consequences, because
U.S. dollars may provide most of the
contraceptives.
The result? Families will not get
contraceptives. Without them, more people will
be infected with H.I.V. — and in due course
develop AIDS.
It seems simple enough. They need contraceptives. The gag order will keep many from getting them.
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