SHRED
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Fri Apr-08-11 10:17 PM
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First legislation Bush Jr signed... |
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...was ending Federal funding of abortions.
Why are Repukes lying saying that it is still happening?
Hell, even CNN ran with it.
WTF?
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gateley
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Fri Apr-08-11 10:20 PM
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1. THEN some woman on Spitzer said that Sebelius herself admitted that there was funding, |
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Edited on Fri Apr-08-11 10:22 PM by gateley
that it all goes into a big pool and they don't know if it goes for abortion or not. Later on MSNBC they showed Sebelius saying there is NO Federal funding for abortion! I don't know who that chick was but she was a Michelle Bachmann in the making -- even more insufferable, if you can believe it.
EDIT: Changed the b word to woman - lest my post be deleted.
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TheWraith
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Fri Apr-08-11 10:37 PM
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2. Actually, that's not true. |
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Direct federal funding of abortions has been illegal for decades. What the shrubbery did (which had been undone when Clinton came into office, re-done by Bush Jr, and undone by Obama) was the "global gag rule," also known as the "Mexico City Policy," which required that federally funded family planning operations not promote abortion as an option.
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