Posted on 04/27/2003 6:46:58 PM PDT by Hugenot
I'll bet you thought public enemy number one was a radical Islamic terrorist like Osama bin Ladin or Saddam Hussein. Not according to Planned Parenthood Federation (PPF). Public enemy number one is none other than President George Bush.
Citing "a wealth of factual evidence to document George W. Bush's seemingly inexplicable war on women," PPF documents the President's pro-life agenda on several fronts, which include:
--Reducing Access To Family Planning --Building The Platform To Outlaw Abortion --Redefining The Legal Status Of The Fetus --Packing The Courts To Overturn Roe --Replacing Science With Right-Wing Ideology --Censoring Free Speech
PPF is undoubtedly displeased by the Partial Birth Abortion Ban and several key pro-life appointments, such as John Ashcroft.
On his first day in office, the 28th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Bush restored the global gag rule on international family planning assistance. He also eliminated contraceptive coverage for federal employees in his first budget and closed the White House Office for Women's Initiatives and Outreach.
Furthermore, the Bush administration gives embryos new status in the HHS Secretary's Advisory Committee on Human Research Protection Charter in October 2002 and advanced the position that life begins at conception at regional population conference in Asia in December 2002.
President Bush increased "abstinence-only" education funding in October of 2001 and named many "abstinence-only" proponents to various key posts.
According to PPF, "These are not isolated actions. Together they represent a core element of his administration's agenda. They constitute an interrelated strategy. Bush has supported some 40 initiatives to abridge the reproductive rights of women and men in the U.S. and around the globe."
Let's hope that that pro-lifers remember this in November of 2004.
God bless him, and may the Lord hear our prayers.
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