Pro-Life
Policy
on the Chopping Block
A Senate committee recently passed an amendment to the State and
Foreign Operations appropriations bill, sponsored by Sen. Frank
Lautenberg, D-N.J., which would prevent any future president from
reinstating the Mexico City Policy. The policy prohibits U.S. tax
dollars from going to groups that perform or promote abortions
overseas. And now the Senate is considering an omnibus bill to
roll
all of its fiscal year 2010 spending bills into one large bill,
including the Lautenberg Amendment.
Joy Yearout, communications director for the Susan B. Anthony List,
said it's just an extension of President Obama's extreme pro-abortion
agenda – an agenda that doesn't sit well with most Americans.
"That definitely is in contrast with the public, which does not want to
see their money used to fund abortions anywhere," she said.
But public opinion has not deterred President Obama, according to Rep.
Chris Smith, R-N.J.
"This administration has been shameless in its abortion promotion," he
said.
It's possible the Lautenberg amendment may be included in an omnibus
bill – several bills rolled into one large bill – or voted on
separately. In either case, there are efforts to exclude the
Lautenberg amendment from the omnibus bill.
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December 3, 2009
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