How to reduce poverty
Get rid of poor people. This is not a new idea of the liberal pro-abortion movement. They’ve been trying to do it for years. But it sure was startling as it came out of the mouth of Nancy Pelosi on ABC’s ‘This Week’ Sunday.
In perhaps the most absurd move yet by the current Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi is defending her move to include hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer money in the stimulus plan to expand family planning services — arguing that it will help financially strapped states.
Yep, it’s in the stimulus package.
On the heels of President Barack Obama overturning a policy to stop taxpayer dollars from going to pro-abortion groups to promote abortions overseas, Congressional Democrats have loaded down the economic stimulus bill to send taxpayer funds to domestic abortion groups.
The Democrats’ stimulus plan now includes a measure to send more public funds to the Planned Parenthood abortion business to find contraception and birth control.
And Stephaopoulos asked at least one or two good questions about the plan.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Hundreds of millions of dollars to expand family planning services. How is that stimulus?
PELOSI: Well, the family planning services reduce cost. They reduce cost. The states are in terrible fiscal budget crises now and part of what we do for children’s health, education and some of those elements are to help the states meet their financial needs. One of those – one of the initiatives you mentioned, the contraception, will reduce costs to the states and to the federal government.
Get it? Contraception reduces human beings, which reduces costs to the state and federal government.
STEPHANOPOULOS: So no apologies for that?
PELOSI: No apologies. No. we have to deal with the consequences of the downturn in our economy.
This hit my inbox this morning, passed on by several outraged people. It’s on talk radio today and in ‘alternative media’, who are leading with it as a jaw-dropping revelation of Washington extremism. No surprise here, though. We’ve been warned before about the sci-fi future coming soon if we weren’t watchful. A “New World Order” would seek to “reduce the guests at the common table.”
One email this morning recalled that only last week, Pope Benedict warned that there are storm clouds on the horizon. But, she added, they seem already to be overhead.
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It is positively frightening how giddy the left is about killing babies. It is terrifying.
Ms. Pelosi seems confused on so many levels. Not only on her views of the teachings of the Catholic Church and basic ideologies – but also on her knowledge of legislation. She put out a press release regarding Friday’s Executive Order regarding the Mexico City policy and stated:
“Some argue that this rule is about abortion, but it is not. The fact is that no U.S. funds can or have been used to perform or promote abortion services since 1973. The World Health Organization estimates that more than 500,000 women in developing countries die each year from pregnancy-related complications. Today’s action by President Obama will help save lives and empower the poorest women and families to improve their quality of life and their future.â€
What I don’t understand here is her comment that ‘no U.S. funds CAN or HAVE been used to perform or PROMOTE abortion services since 1973’. If that was the case, then why would Reagan have enacted the Mexico City policy and why would it need to be overturned? Clinton removed it when he was in office – so one can only believe that there was money spent during his administration. If none had EVER been spent then Reagan wouldn’t have needed to enact the policy and Obama wouldn’t have needed to overturn it – it would be a moot point.
Ms. Pelosi is very confused.
I just can’t get my brain around this. It’s both strange and sad. Strange that more people aren’t calling her out for such cruel (and prejudiced) logic. Sad that verbalizing this might make it an accepted societal belief.