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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TimF who wrote (4712)	2/4/2001 5:12:51 PM
From: E	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 82486

No, there is a gag rule. If they tell a patient that abortion is an option available somewhere else, they can't have funds for anything. I think people don't grasp that. This is about a gag rule. 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.