Obama to Fund International Abortionists

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Steers tax dollars to international abortion groups

Contact: Valerie Mosher, Concerned Women for America, 202-488-7000, ext. 126

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 /Christian Newswire/ -- President Obama is expected to reverse the Mexico City Policy by signing an executive order to fund international groups that promote or commit abortions.

"Barack Obama begins his presidency by increasing the number of abortions worldwide with his order to fund abortion groups. The U.S. spends over $450 million each year on international family planning. Obama's order would funnel money away from legitimate health organizations to political allies that promote or commit abortions, in some cases in countries where abortion is illegal," said Wendy Wright, President of Concerned Women for America (CWA).

Dr. Jean Kagia, a doctor from Kenya, testified last year in Congress that:

Contrary to abortion proponents' claims, the Mexico City Policy does not adversely affect the health of women because 60 percent of family planning services are provided by the government, 30 percent by faith-based health facilities, and 10 percent by private groups. The effect of any abortion-related clinics' closing is negligible.
In 2007, 85 percent of people in Kenya -- including women -- opposed abortion.
Abortion is not safe, even in the hands of professionals.

Dr. Kagia said, "The promotion of and effort to legalize abortion in Africa is a foreign agenda and a form of recolonization. ... I have to ask why Congress wants to fund organizations that work against the will of the majority of the people of democratic countries."

Wendy Wright stated, "By overturning this policy, Obama steers tax dollars to political allies, offends the morality of millions of Americans, funds abortion efforts in countries where abortion is illegal, and breaks a campaign promise to reduce abortions."

President Obama's anticipated order reverses the Mexico City Policy. It was initiated by President Reagan to prohibit federal funds from going to foreign nongovernmental organizations that commit or promote abortion. Revoked by President Clinton, Congress voted repeatedly to apply this limitation legislatively during his term. President Bush restored the Mexico City Policy as one of his first presidential acts.

Concerned Women for America is the nation's largest public policy women's organization.