By David N. Bass,The American Spectator
Abortions are set to rise under Obama's Policy
A policy report published last month on the Office of the President-Elect’s website puts a hole right through the fanciful notion,believed by some evangelicals,that Barack Obama will save a place at the table for pro-lifers.
Titled “Advancing Reproductive Rights and Health in a New Administration,”the report suggests a radical abortion agenda for the first 100 days of Obama’s term. The recommendations carry quite a price tag. In an era of ballooning national debt and unprecedented government expansion,the abortion industry (and it is an industry —Planned Parenthood made $115 million in profits for the 2006-2007 fiscal year) can look forward to hefty handouts next year,even if Obama enacts just half of the policies in the report.
Among other policy objectives,the report calls for increasing Title X Family Planning Funding by $400 million. Although the funds can’t be used for abortions,Title X grants go to controversial family planning entities that offer contraception services,including Planned Parenthood clinics.