Countless babies saved by this action of a Republican president, not to mention our tax dollars not funding abortions in other nations. McCain will continue this, Obama will reverse it, as Clinton did when he came into office.
January 22, 2001 (note first day in office)
The White House
MEMORANDUM FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
SUBJECT: Restoration of the Mexico City Policy
The Mexico City Policy announced by President Reagan in 1984 required nongovernmental organizations to agree as a condition of their receipt of Federal funds that such organizations would neither perform nor actively promote abortion as a method of family planning in other nations. This policy was in effect until it was rescinded on January 22, 1993.
It is my conviction that taxpayer funds should not be used to pay for abortions or advocate or actively promote abortion, either here or abroad. It is therefore my belief that the Mexico City Policy should be restored. Accordingly, I hereby rescind the “Memorandum for the Acting Administrator of the Agency for International Development, Subject: AID Family Planning Grants/Mexico City Policy,” dated January 22, 1993, and I direct the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development to reinstate in full all of the requirements of the Mexico City Policy in effect on January 19, 1993.
GEORGE W. BUSH
“Countless babies saved by this action of a Republican president, not to mention our tax dollars not funding abortions in other nations.”
Countless? By that do we mean 100? 25? 10? Abortion, with the exception of partial birth abortion, is just as legal as it was the day that President Bush took office. While I’m thankful about partial birth abortion being banned, it represented a very small portion of the slaughter.
As for the executive order, that’s good news. But you’ll note that it has zero impact in the U.S. I’m truly glad that there won’t be as many abortions in Guatemala. You’ll forgive me, however, if I don’t raise a glass to toast the lack of progress in the country that I hapeen to live.