International
Pro-Life Leaders Come to US Capitol to Protest U.S. Anti-Life Policies
FRONT ROYAL, Virginia - International Pro-Life leaders from Africa,
Europe, South America, Asia and Oceania have come to the United State’s
capitol to stand with Americans and protest the expansion of anti-life
policies under the Obama administration.
The international leaders, who are associated with Human Life
International (HLI), will speak at a conference on January 22 at the
Washington Court Hotel in Washington, D.C. before joining the hundreds
of thousands of other pro-lifers in the March for Life.
“America’s March for Life is now the world’s March for Life,” said
Joseph Meaney, Director of International Coordination for HLI. “It has
become the world’s pro-life protest because of the aggressive promotion
of abortion and population control that is now official policy of the
United States, thanks to the administration of President Barack Obama.”
“This is not only the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, which has led to the
destruction of almost 50 million American children,” said Dr. Ligaya
Acosta, HLI Regional Coordinator for Asia and Oceania. “This is now the
anniversary of President Obama’s allowing Americans’ taxpayer funds to
be used to promote abortion and other assaults on life in my own
country of the Philippines, in Africa, in China … all over the world
where 40 million babies are killed every year. It is wrong and we are
here to tell him and Congress to stop paying to kill our children!”
Dr. Acosta was referring to President Obama’s January 23rd, 2009
reversal of the Mexico City Policy, which had, under the Reagan and
both Bush administrations, restricted the use of federal funds to
support any organization that promoted or performed abortion abroad. In
December, this reversal allowed Congress to pass an omnibus spending
bill, signed by President Obama, which included almost $700 million for
abortion-promoting organizations internationally.
“We are tired of the arrogant American government trying to tell us how
many children we should have,” said Emil Hagamu, HLI’s regional
coordinator for English-speaking Africa. “President Obama is of Kenyan
descent. How can he do this to his own people?”
“These aggressive policies are undeniably hurting America’s stature
with the people of the world, even if they help America appeal to the
cruel international elites who want to run everything,” said Raymond
DeSouza, HLI’s coordinator for Portuguese-speaking nations. “When
international aid is tied to abortion, it’s like holding a nation
hostage, telling them that children are bad, which translates into
hopelessness for the future. This is a terrible violence against the
families and children of the developing world.”
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mini-conference.
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