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State Department Coaches Pro-Abortion NGOs, Says Senate Staffer
A high-ranking Senate staff
member charged this week that State Department officials consistently undermine
President George W. Bush's pro-life international policies. The staff member,
who spoke on condition of anonymity, told the Friday Fax that members of
the State Department coach nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) on how
to circumvent "Mexico City policy," which forbids US money from going to
groups overseas that promote or perform abortions. "Mexico City policy"
can be called the centerpiece of the administration's international pro-life
position.
Mexico City policy was first enacted by an executive order of President Reagan in 1984, but was suspended by President Clinton on his first day in office. However, in a strong signal that he sought to redirect US international family planning money away from abortion promotion and toward other development priorities, President Bush reinstated the Mexico City Policy as one of his first official acts. According to the staff member, however, not everyone in the executive branch shares President Bush's commitment to the issue. It is alleged that when NGOs apply to the US Agency for International Development (USAID) for funding, State Department employees recommend that they describe their activities to promote or provide abortions in the most general terms, most usually as the promotion of "reproductive health." As long as these NGOs remain vague enough on their applications, USAID does not suspect a possible conflict with the Mexico City policy. Thus, according to the Senate staff member, because of the State Department's advice, foreign NGOs that promote or perform abortions are receiving US money to do so, against the direct wishes of the president. The issue of the Mexico City policy has regained prominence because of President Bush's recent announcement of a new $15 billion US AIDS initiative for Africa and the Caribbean. A heated debate has begun over whether or not to extend the Mexico City Policy to apply to this AIDS prevention program. A group of pro-abortion public health advocates sent a letter to President Bush calling the Mexico City policy "a bureaucratic burden," and arguing that "groups that offer significant HIV/AIDS prevention services who may also.provide legal abortions or information about them, [should not be required] to duplicate their staff, facilities or administration." Conservative groups are also putting pressure on the administration. Eighteen groups, including the Family Research Council, Eagle Forum, and Concerned Women for America, sent a letter to President Bush urging him to extend Mexico City to the AIDS program. Pro-life and pro-family organizations may wonder about the utility of expanding a program that may be "an empty shell." The Bush administration has signaled that it intends to tighten up the application of the Mexico City policy. |
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