‘Stop the Abortion Bailout’ Effort Launched

While Barack Obama’s Transition web site dedicates only two paragraphs to the topic of “Reproductive Choice,” a closer examination of the next president’s stance on the issue reveals much more pro-abortion activity on the political horizon.  Yesterday, one pro-life group launched an effort to Stop the Bailout for Planned Parenthood.

According to officials at the Susan B. Anthony List, abortion groups have submitted a 50-page proposal to the Obama-Biden transition team.  That proposal includes, as its primary objective, securing more than 1.5 billion taxpayer dollars for abortion organizations like Planned Parenthood.

The Abortion Bailout Package includes:

• $1 BILLION dollars in taxpayer funding for international abortion groups;

• $700 million in taxpayer funding for “Title X” health clinics (aka your local Planned Parenthood affiliate);

• $65 million for the UNFPA, an international aid organization connected to coercive abortion as part of China’s coercive one-child policy;

• Repeal the Hyde Amendment – Vastly expanding federal taxpayer funding for abortions;

• Include abortion coverage in any taxpayer-subsidized national health care program;

• Expand taxpayer-funded abortions on military bases;

• Expand taxpayer-funded abortions through the Peace Corps program; and

• Expand taxpayer-funded abortions for federal prisoners

To combat the effort, visitors at the Stop the Bailout for Planned Parenthood web site are being asked to sign a petition and to send letters to their U.S. Senators.  The goal?  To help the campaign reach its immediate goal of securing the 41 votes necessary to sustain a filibuster against measures promoting federal taxpayer funding of abortion.

To learn more about efforts to Stop the Abortion Bailout, click here.

Hat tip:  Stop the ACLU

-- Bob McCarty Writes