Journalists Predictably Freak Out Over Reinstated Reagan Policy on Abortion

NewsBusters.org ^ | January 23, 2017 | Kristine Marsh

[Kaslin]

To start of his first week in office, Donald Trump spent the morning signing executive orders, one of which was reversing a pro-abortion policy from the Obama Administration. The “Mexico City” policy, more commonly called the “Global Gag” policy by the left, bans federal funds from being given to organizations who pay for or promote abortions overseas. It was originally enacted by Ronald Reagan in 1984 and was rescinded in 2009 by President Obama. Now eight years later, President Trump has reinstated the policy, and some liberal journalists’ displeasure with the news came across in their reporting and their tweets.

The front page of the Huffington Post, never known for its subtlety, breathlessly read: “Room full of men screws over women.” The attached article by Senior Political Reporter Amanda Terkel noted that Trump was “surrounded by men” as he signed this anti-abortion executive order. Terkel briefly described the policy, arguing that it would result in more “unsafe” abortions. She ended by slamming Trump’s cabinet’s lack of diversity: “Trump’s Cabinet is more white and more male than any president’s first Cabinet since Reagan,” she wrote.

Journalists took to Twitter to express their outrage at the pro-life policy as well:

Chloe Angyal, Senior Front Page Editor for the Huffington Post tweeted, “This is what exporting misogyny looks like.” 

While Jessica Valenti, writer for The Guardian called it “patriarchy:”

Tessa Miller, editor at the Daily Beast:

John Harwood of CNBC claimed the policy was about contraception, not abortion:

Laura Bassett, Huffington Post:

Jamil Smith, Senior National Correspondent for MTV News:

and Vox

[Jim Robinson]

Fundamentally changing America... back. One fell swoop at a time.

[brooklin]

Good, let them pay for their own.

[dp0622]

Yeah, cause birth control and abortion are what’s ruining Africa and South America. /s

Not tribal warfare or dictatorships/communism.

They could set up a gofundme and knock themselves out.

[papertyger]

Sorry, these women have nothing to say so long as they say nothing about islam.

[DoughtyOne]

But, but, but, but, where will they buy baby parts after that?

Satan’s death cult to the rescue...

[Maceman]

I don’t get it. Even if someone is pro-abortion, does it follow that American taxpayers are morally required to pay for every abortion in the world?

[Still Thinking]

Shocking. Their guy changes this policy after 8 years the way it’s now going to be again and not a word. DT changes it back to the way it already was for 12 years of Reagan/Bush, and 8 of W, and now the world’s going to fall into the sun.

[tuffydoodle]

Use reliable birth control or keep your legs together and you won’t need a freaking abortion. Jeez people, it’s not that difficult.

[Scrambler Bob]

Some of these urinalists should thank Reagan that they were not aborted.

[DoughtyOne]

Abortion is not safe for humanities most defenseless humans.

There is a sickness in the land...

Trump is the remedy.

Government is no longer going to foot the bill for those who refuse to use self-control and good judgement.

[Candor7]

In have to laugh at women who expect civil society to march to the drum beat of their pu$$ies.

Sorry, life has far more important things we need to attend to.

Use birth control, we will no longer be governed by the lowest common denominator, access and use of the human womb. Take care of it yourselves, its your reproductive system, not mine. We have much bigger fish to fry.

[madison10]

Guess so. Morally correct thing to do. We, USA taxpayers, should not condone abortion with our $$$.

[Scrambler Bob]

Satan’s death cult
= = =

Just read the punishments for sacrificing to Moloch.

That exists today, named Abortion (right to choose).

[Scrambler Bob]

fish?

[DoughtyOne]

There will be punishment, and I wouldn’t want to stand before the ultimate judge on this one.

[piasa]

Abortion’s 100% unsafe when performed perfectly.

[Candor7]

Ha! Ha! You got it.

[jafojeffsurf]

Actually the Murder of Innocent baby’s in their mothers wombs is more deadly than a foolish women allowing some murderer into her womb to kill without concern, whither it be the baby, her, or both of them. Try Responsibility for a while, how knows you might even enjoy it for it builds Character, something want murders need!

Life Begins at Conception for without that one single moment in time, when Man, Women, and God intertwine, no other moment is possible for that Individual!

God Bless

[knarf]

Abortion is America's national sin and we must stop aborting children.

All this ruling does is refuse to pay for abortions.

It doesn't matter if they're here or another country ... a rape, a bad decision, bad timiong ... whatever.

You did it, you pay for it.

That's all that's happened.