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Family planning: Romney pledged to reinstate Bush's "global gag rule"


Posted: Oct 20, 2012

that  provided information, advice, referrals or services for legal abortion or supported the legalization of abortion, even using its own money.

Merely talking about abortion could cost groups not only federal money, but also useful technical support and American-donated supplies of contraceptives, including condoms for distribution in the communities they serve.

The gag rule did nothing to prevent use of government financing for abortions because that was already illegal under federal law. But it badly hampered the work of family-planning groups overseas, forcing clinic closures, reduced services and fee increases. It also violated principles of informed consent by requiring health care providers to withhold medical information from female patients. And, by stifling political debate on abortion-related issues and violating free speech principles, the gag rule badly undermined America’s credibility as it tries to promote democracy abroad."

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/20/opinion/a-potential-world-of-harm-for-women.html

Mr. Romney also vows to renew another of George W. Bush’s policies (which was ended by President Obama), which blocked the United States from contributing to the United Nations Population Fund. That fund supports programs in some 150 countries to improve poor women’s reproductive health, reduce infant mortality, end the sexual trafficking of women and prevent the spread of H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS. Like Mr. Bush, Mr. Romney has embraced the bogus charge that the Population Fund supports coerced abortions in China, ignoring a State Department investigation that found no evidence for that claim. In fact, the fund has helped promote a voluntary approach to family planning.

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Good for him! - He's defending the most

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vulnerable and innocent. What the NYT opinion piece is just that - and opinion. What it says is bogus is actually not - IMHO.

(!) No, it's not good. We are talking Dark Ages here. - nm

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What other species on the earth - selectively kills their own babies?

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None. We humans are justifying killing them in the name of family planning. Baloney. Or should I say, Malarkey!
Perfect analysis! - Some will use any bogus
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argument to justify the murder of a child.
Unrelated to the human abortion argument, but... - Fanatical Hypocrite
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Most animals selectively kill their own babies. I had a cat that ate all it's babies because they turned out brain damaged. Most animals eat and kill the weak in their brood. I am not advocating killing the weak, I'm just correcting a misunderstanding on nature.

As for abortion, I believe that after the first trimester it is a terrible thing to do and would like to live in a world without abortion, but until adoption takes up the slack and child protective services actually protects the children we have, I can't see an end to abortion any time soon. During the first trimester, however, I do not feel they are sentient or particularly human. I do understand the reservations of other people though and it is a difficult subject. Science can't answer questions of morality and no world religion to my knowledge addresses the life of a fetus.

So, do something about it: Adopt. If you already have, thank you for helping fight the good fight. Maybe help support young parents or single mothers. Otherwise, if you can't be part of the solution, try not to complain about the problem.
Fan, let's do lunch. - :) nm
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do you understand what the gag rule will do? - earth to poster
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DO you recognize that the United Nations Population Fund, among other things, reduces infant mortality and sexual trafficking? Do you understand that the gag order VIOLATES principles of informed consent? Do you care nothing for the well-being of mothers and neonates? This is a retrograde policy that has no place in any enlightened society.
What makes you think you're the only one - that understands anything?
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Why can't you just post without being so rude and insulting? Don't see anything especially intelligent about your posts, yet quick to question everybody's elses intelligence.

P.S. You conveniently forgot to mention the UN is one of the most corrupt organizations around, and has been since its inception. Try actually researching what they did with the funds/food that was to go to Haiti (FYI - there are women in children that died and are still suffering due to UN fraud and corruption). While you're at it, check out how they handled situations for decades in Africa; again, sacrificing women and children. How the UN routinely loses funds.

You have a retrograde thought process that has no place in any enlightened society.

when did I say that? - nm
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Actually, I think DO that about those who only skim the web for - arguments against the Democratics. No principle to
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fight for, no truths to offer, no understanding to gain or intellectual curiosity. No even finishing most of the articles. Just looking for stones to sling. Knuckle-draggers.

It's possible to help babies be born alive and healthy without funding - abortion. This is just pandering to the zombies.nm

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I really don't understand the thinking of people - who have this SM

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response. What is wrong with helping women in third world countries try to control how many children they have, especially when most of them are very poor. Family planning is not only a social issue, it is an economic issue.

Women given the choice of more children or jobs that - allow them to give the ones they have better lives

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tend to very strongly choose for better lives--given the choice. This simple reality has made a tremendous difference over the past decades for millions.

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