Sources: Obama may quickly reverse abortion policy

President-elect Barack Obama is considering issuing an executive order to reverse a controversial Bush administration abortion policy in his first week in office, three Democratic sources said Monday.
Obama's second full day as president falls on the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion in the United States.
The sources said Obama may use the occasion to reverse the "Mexico City policy" reinstated in 2001 by Bush that prohibits U.S. money from funding international family planning groups that promote abortion or provide information, counseling or referrals about abortion services. It bans any organization receiving family planning funds from the U.S. Agency for International Development from offering abortions or abortion counseling.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/19/obama.abortion/index.html?eref=rss_topstories

I was not a fan of George W. Bush; that cannot be stated strongly enough! However, I believe his motives were honorable. But, motives are not enough, as in W's "Mexico City policy." I believe prohibiting U.S. money from funding international groups promoting abortion or providing abortion information, etc, was an exceedingly cruel act in its effect.  

A bit like Mother Theresa.  An ounce of prevention (birth control) would often have sufficed in place of a pound of cure. 

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