Washington, DC – The birth control bail out was dropped today from the government’s economic stimulus package after a number of pro-life/pro-family groups, including Operation Rescue, expressed outrage yesterday over a proposed $200 million allotment for contraceptives that was promoted by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
“This is a huge victory for American taxpayers and for the pro-life movement. We rejoice that the coffers of Planned Parenthood and their ilk will be denied $200 million in public money for what amounted to a shameful population control program that targeted low-income families,” said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. “Pelosi’s plan, claiming that having children was bad for the economy, was nonsense that deserved a strong public rebuke.”
The birth control allotment was removed from the stimulus package at the request of President Barrack Obama, who appeared to be trying to avoid a showdown with conservatives that he was likely to lose. It was rightly determined that the money would not stimulate the economy or create jobs.
“This victory proves that pro-lifers still wield power, no matter what the liberal pundits claim,” said Newman.
We must continue the pressure on our elected officials to stop funding for Planned Parenthood. This news is truly an encouraging victory, but Planned Parenthood still gets approx $300 million a year from the federal government. We need to get that drastically reduced.
Absolutely incredible how shortsighted these anti-life monsters like Pelosi are! If nothing else, where do they think their lavish Congressional retirements are going to come from if they exterminate the next generation of taxpayers?
It doesn’t take an economist to see that PEOPLE are the ultimate stimulus for an economy!
The reason we ended up with our economy in this sad shape is that we have jokers like Nancy Pelosi making decisions like this in DC. But, then, what can we expect of people who actually believe hacking children to pieces is a good thing?
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