Today our new president revoked a ban on funding family planning and abortions to international organizations. Basically we are going to resume funding to organizations that supports abortions and offering abortions as an option to pregnant women around the world. I am no doubt pro-life, so this issue is easy to take a stand on from a moral issue, but I am also bothered by the fact that my money is going to support this in OTHER countries. No doubt there is a sever lack of knowledge on conception and pregnancy in the world. We as a world community need to step up and decide that abortion is not an option to this problem (*note that the vast majority of abortions are not in response to rape, disease, or incest). We need to focus on pre-conception education and disease control issues. It is a standard that we can set as a society without being afraid of taking away women's rights. Abortion is not a woman's right.
Here is a quote from the article linked to below:
"Obama signed it quietly, without coverage by the media, late on Friday afternoon, a contrast to the midday signings with fanfare of executive orders on other subjects earlier this week"
I pray that God can save these children, and change people's hearts to see the error in this horrible practice.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090123/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_abortion_ban
