Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) — In a move to downplay his pro-abortion agenda, President Barack Obama has decided to wait a little longer to reverse a Bush policy preventing taxpayer funding of abortions overseas. The Mexico City Policy prevents sending public funds to groups that perform or promote abortions in other countries.
The new president could either issue an order tomorrow or in the near future to reverse the policy or allow Congress to do it.
Obama was expected to overturn the pro-life policy on his first or second full days in office and to possibly do so today, on the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision. [article]
Well I for one am glad that at least on this horrific anniversary he did not add insult to injury by doing this today, It might not mean anything in the long run, but at least there seems to be some concern on his part. We can certainly pray for more.
Update: He is signing it Friday the 23rd of Jan.
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Fox News says that he did sign the order. What gives?
Maybe our prayers for him are working.
Correct me if I am wrong, but aren’t we in a really bad, terrible, horrible, economic crisis right now, and it would be totally fiscally irresponsible of Obama to send taxpayer money overseas, especially for something as barbaric as abortion?
Let’s hope he forgets about signing the order, Americans are getting cut off from their jobs, people are losing their homes, businesses are going under, and a little less than half the voters DID NOT vote for him. If he does, it would show just how shallow and callus he really is if he sends that money.
Time for voters en masse to contact their congress critters and stand up for life. I am not sure whether the whitehouse.gov (his new site) actually takes into consideration issues sent there, but it probably would not hurt to voice a pro life opinion.
He most likely realizes he won a good number of votes from pro-life crossovers who were disgruntled with the Republican candidate and what they considered a lack of Republican action on the pro-life front. Whether you think that case worthy of a dignified response is inconsequential. People bought it and thus Obama would be very prudent to consider tabling and hiding any “choice” victories to keep that middle crowd pleased as punch that they voted for Obama. After all, the PP types are a fringe of his voting block and they are going to vote for him in 4 years even if he does nothing on abortion.
I can’t decide whether I’m happy about this or not. On the one hand, I’m very thankful that President Obama had the class not to issue such a bold slap in the face to pro-lifers, on the March for Life of all days. I was already composing diatribes in my head about the juxtaposition between his Election Night speech – “I hear your voices, I need your help, and I will be your president, too” – and his actual actions, so I’m glad that he didn’t add insult to injury by overturning it yesterday. However – the part about his either overturning it soon or allowing Congress to do so worries me, because I think that allowing Congress to do so would make it harder for the next pro-life president to reinstate the Mexico City Policy upon taking office, the way Bush did after the Clinton administration. If it’s going to be overturned either way, but the slap in the face does not necessarily last any longer than the Obama administration, while the Congressional action is permanent, I guess I’d rather the slap in the face, insulting though it may be.
No, Obama did reverse teh Mexico City Policy on Jan 22! Check this out, its at the bottom, last two paragraphs:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/01/22/obama-issues-directives-detainees-interrogation-guantanamo/
Thank you Karen for that.
Well, he really did slap us in the face and the media, as usual, was compliant in keeping it quiet.
There is confusion in the media – AP reports:
President Barack Obama plans to sign an executive order ending the ban on federal funds for international groups that promote or perform abortions, officials told The Associated Press on Friday.
Also note that today the FDA approved a research protocol for a new application based on embryonic stem cells. Hold on, there is a LOT more to come!!!!!!
It comes at no surprise. We all knew that he would do it. Many in our Church have blood in their hands. The article linked below is awesome.
http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/guestvoices/2009/01/catholics_abandon_the_unborn_i.html
For my part, I am sending the President a letter pledging to do whatever it takes to legally minimize the taxes that I pay and to use and waste as many government resources as possible to make sure that MY money will not be funding any of the abortions he wants to.
And the stimulus package has 100 million plus for condom distribution. NO kidding! Now that is something that a good catholic for obama can take pride in. Should be effective in reducing the number of abortions!!!
Everything the faithful Catholic was worried about is coming true. It is interesting that a Catholic may not vote for a pro-abort candidate because of his abortion stance, but one of the first things he does (and we knew he was going to do this) was to sign executive orders that increase funding for abortions, among other morally reprehensible things.
Any one think this is going to get better over the next 4-8 years?
Frankly, I do think things will get better. You take can the boy out of the madrasa, but you cannot take the madrasa out of the boy.
His very life is a testimony to the power of life and how goodness gives hope while the culture of death destroys everything it touches.
If he puts such heavy interest in what science says about the unborn, he can only have one conclusion.
I am going to pray for his conversion and that his wife gets pregnant again.
In the meantime, we need to organize against FOCA. This bill is an atom bomb against the pro-life movement.
Send your postcards, and draw up you political contingency plans.
nothing you guys do or say will make obama change his mind or his policies regarding abortion, embryonic stem cell research, homosexual marriage, and any other disgusting act of inhumanity.
the only thing you can do that will have any real meaning is work as tirelessly, as the evil liberals who elected obama, to elect someone (either in congress or the presidency) who will do the right thing.
thats it, its the only way.
So…now a portion of my taxes go to help slaughter the unborn?
…what we be the effect if all pro-lifers stopped paying taxes? Just curious…
Why would he sign it when tens of thousands of his most vocal opponents to that Executive Order would be next door and REALLY motivated? He waited until the buses left. Protesters gone. QED (quite easily done).
Is there an historian in the house? What did General Sherman say regarding the need to make the (Civil) war as bloody as possible so our nation would sicken at the thought of killing her own people ever again? Well, it lasted about a hundred years and we’re back in the trenches of another civil war. I reckon it’ll get bloodier in the next four years.
Barack Obama is not a natural Born citizen therfore is not elligble to President Of the United States of America. His father was not a US citizen Obama admits this on his website and was stated at the “inagurial ceremonies” Obama Sr was a Kenyan and Kenya at the time of Obama’s birth was under British rule. One must be a natural born citizen to be POTUS , that meaning both ones parents must be US citizens at the time of one’s birth and one also must be born on US soil. Barack Obama fails in the regard of both parents being US citizen at the time of his birth. there are questions also regarding if he was born on US soil, Barack Obama refuses to show his legal vault longform birth certificate. Obama shows only a certificate of live birth COLB of Hawaii. Well anyone can get the type of COLB that Obama shows on his webite even if one is born out of the US. his sister has a COLB from hawaii and she was born in Indonesia. For more information on this you can check out drr. Orly Tatiz website Dr.Orly is Dr. Alan Keyes legal counsel. Dr. Orly’s website is “Natural born citizen Dr.Orly.” Another sourse of info go to “Citizen Wells”. If you want to listen to radio go to blog radio “Plains Radio”. They have attorney Stephen Pidgeon speaking on their program. Stephen Pidgeon is an attorney suing for Obama to release his long form birth certificate and other docs. They have a US constituional expert on Dr. Vieria speaking as well. If you like “Some Have Hats” posted info linking to info sites on this subject of Obama birth certificate. “World Net daily” also has alot of info as well.
“So…now a portion of my taxes go to help slaughter the unborn?
…what we be the effect if all pro-lifers stopped paying taxes? Just curious…”
This thought has been going through my mind a lot lately. It galls me to think that I am personally paying for this barbaric and sinful act through my hard labor. My guess is that if only a few stop paying taxes, they will simply isolate you and take what they will. Only if a ground swell of persons with the courage to risk all will it be effective. I am a Protestant and do not expect our rather fragmented denominations to have the will to mount something of this nature – outright civil disobedience. In my opinion, only the Roman Catholic Church has the moral ground and numbers to get this done. If sufficient numbers join, I believe many will follow.
I Herad in the News that our tax dollars where over sea is that true?.
where is our tax dollar is spent.
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