From Planned Parenthood:
For the third year in a row, President Bush has cut off family planning funding to UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, denying millions of women around the world access to basic reproductive health services—including birth control, sexuality education, prenatal and obstetric care, and lifesaving information and services to prevent HIV/AIDS.
According to UNFPA, the U.S. funds could prevent 2 million unwanted pregnancies, 800,000 induced abortions, and 4700 maternal deaths, as well as 77,000 infant and child deaths annually.
This ticks me off perhaps more than anything in the whole abortion debate. NO ONE is talking about Bush's Global Gag Rule, which is killing poor women and children by the thousands. I'll bet more Americans know about Queen Latifah's breast reduction surgery than this tragic situation (no disrespect to the Queen).
In any case, it's one of many reasons why it's
absolutely imperative that Kerry gets elected.
—posted by Jen, 4:14 PM -
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