{"id":50644,"date":"2021-01-31T17:25:01","date_gmt":"2021-01-31T21:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=50644"},"modified":"2021-01-31T17:25:32","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T21:25:32","slug":"biden-forces-all-american-taxpayers-to-pay-for-abortions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=50644","title":{"rendered":"Biden Forces All American Taxpayers to Pay for Abortions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Joe Biden Abandons Bipartisan \u2018Unity\u2019 to Force Taxpayers to Fund Abortion<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><div id=\"attachment_50645\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50645\" class=\"wp-image-50645 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-1230806799-640x480-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-1230806799-640x480-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-1230806799-640x480-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-50645\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Doug Mills-Pool\/Getty Images<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>DR. SUSAN BERRY<br \/>\nBreitbart.com<\/p>\n<p class=\"subheading\">President Joe Biden will sign an executive order revoking the pro-life policy known as the Mexico City Policy and dismissing consistent polling that shows Americans share bipartisan unity on barring taxpayer funding of abortion both within the United States and abroad.<\/p>\n<p>The White House announced Thursday that Biden will sign an executive order that rescinds the Mexico City Policy, which prohibits foreign organizations that receive U.S. financial aid from promoting or performing abortions as a method of family planning.<\/p>\n<p>The White House statement <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/01\/28\/fact-sheet-president-biden-to-sign-executive-orders-strengthening-americans-access-to-quality-affordable-health-care\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">read<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Across the country and around the world, people \u2014 particularly women, Black, Indigenous and other people of color, LGBTQ+ people, and those with low incomes \u2014 have been denied access to reproductive health care. President Biden is also issuing a Presidential Memorandum to protect and expand access to comprehensive reproductive health care. The memorandum reflects the policy of the Biden-Harris Administration to support women\u2019s and girls\u2019 sexual and reproductive health and rights in the United States, as well as globally. Like memoranda issued by President Clinton and President Obama before him, it immediately rescinds the global gag rule, also referred to as the Mexico City Policy, which bars international non-profits that provide abortion counseling or referrals from receiving U.S. funding. In recognition of the additional work necessary to protect access to reproductive health care, President Biden\u2019s memorandum also directs the Department of Health and Human Services to take immediate action to consider whether to rescind regulations under its Title X family planning program.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The announcement comes the day after two national polls <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/01\/27\/polls-bipartisan-unity-prohibiting-taxpayer-funding-abortion\/\">revealed<\/a> most Americans back restrictions on abortion and support a ban on taxpayer funding of abortion overseas and within the country.<\/p>\n<p>Though Biden has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/01\/22\/blue-state-blues-9-ways-joe-biden-has-already-broken-his-promise-on-unity\/\">made<\/a>\u00a0\u201cunity\u201d a central theme of his administration, he is already implementing the most radical abortion agenda the nation has ever seen.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?creatorScreenName=BreitbartNews&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1354798947093655555&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fpolitics%2F2021%2F01%2F28%2Fjoe-biden-abandons-bipartisan-unity-to-force-taxpayers-to-fund-abortion%2F&amp;siteScreenName=BreitbartNews&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1354798947093655555\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A Knights of Columbus\/Marist Poll found 77 percent of Americans either \u201coppose\u201d or \u201cstrongly oppose\u201d the use of taxpayer funds for abortions overseas, an uptick of two percentage points from the 75 percent who responded similarly in the last two annual polls. Of those who oppose taxpayer funding of abortions abroad, 55 percent are Democrats, 95 percent are Republicans, and 85 percent are independents.<\/p>\n<p>Only 19 percent of Americans say they either \u201csupport\u201d or \u201cstrongly support\u201d taxpayer funding of abortions outside the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, even among those who identify as \u201cpro-choice,\u201d 64 percent say they oppose the use of their tax dollars to support abortion overseas.<\/p>\n<p>Within the U.S., 58 percent of those surveyed say they oppose taxpayer funding of abortion, including 31 percent of Democrats, 83 percent of Republicans, and 65 percent of independents.<\/p>\n<p>The Marist Poll also found more than three-fourths of Americans (76 percent) back significant restrictions on abortion, including a majority who identify as \u201cpro-choice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, a survey from Students for Life of America\u2019s (SFLA) Institute for Pro-Life Advancement\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/studentsforlife.org\/2021\/01\/26\/new-poll-millennials-and-gen-z-more-pro-life-than-pop-culture-would-have-you-believe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">found<\/a> millennials and Generation Z individuals (ages 18-34) are more pro-life than reported in mainstream and pop culture media.<\/p>\n<p>According to that poll, 48 percent of Americans in this age group oppose taxpayer-funded abortion within the U.S., while 53 percent oppose funding abortions abroad.<\/p>\n<p>Since its survey two years ago, SFLA also found support for reversing\u00a0<em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>, the 1973 Supreme Court ruling that created a right to abortion, has risen six percentage points, from 51 percent in 2019 to 57 percent in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>According to SFLA, in 2021, \u201c57 percent to 30 percent oppose\u00a0<em>Roe<\/em>\u00a0when they learn it allows for abortion through all 9 months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf your \u2018healthcare policy\u2019 kills people on purpose, you\u2019re doing it wrong,\u201d SLFA President Kristan Hawkins said in a statement reacting to the White House\u2019s announcement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Mexico City policy requires that taxpayer healthcare investment goes to life-saving care and not abortion, which is common ground and commonsense,\u201d she said. \u201cIn fact, more than half of the generation most targeted for abortion, Millennials and Gen Z, don\u2019t want to pay for abortions worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) authored a letter urging Biden to reverse his new executive order.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cU.S. foreign policy\u2014and the foreign entities we fund with billions of dollars in grant money\u2014should consistently affirm, care for, and tangibly assist women and children\u2014including unborn baby girls and boys,\u201d Smith said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>He added\u00a0the \u201coriginal policy was announced by President Reagan at a United Nations Conference on Population Control in Mexico City in 1984\u2014hence its name\u2014and it established pro-child safeguards\u2014benign, humane conditions\u2014on about $9 billion in annual global health assistance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith said the policy was \u201cdesigned to ensure that U.S. taxpayer money is not funneled to foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that perform or promote abortion as a method of family planning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other pro-life leaders are reacting to Biden\u2019s dismissal of the apparent preferences of many Americans, regardless of their political affiliation and their identification as \u201cpro-life\u201d or \u201cpro-choice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFunneling U.S. tax dollars to abortion groups overseas is an abhorrent practice that flies in the face of the \u2018unity\u2019 Joe Biden and Kamala Harris promised to inspire,\u201d\u00a0Susan B. Anthony List President Marjorie Dannenfelser <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sba-list.org\/newsroom\/press-releases\/unity-biden-harris-force-taxpayers-to-fund-abortion-businesses-at-home-abroad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">said<\/a>in a statement, adding that Biden\u2019s action is serving to \u201cforce taxpayers to bankroll abortion businesses overseas, opening up a slush fund for groups like Marie Stopes International and the International Planned Parenthood Federation.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?creatorScreenName=BreitbartNews&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1354488720209158147&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fpolitics%2F2021%2F01%2F28%2Fjoe-biden-abandons-bipartisan-unity-to-force-taxpayers-to-fund-abortion%2F&amp;siteScreenName=BreitbartNews&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1354488720209158147\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?creatorScreenName=BreitbartNews&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1354805416668983301&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fpolitics%2F2021%2F01%2F28%2Fjoe-biden-abandons-bipartisan-unity-to-force-taxpayers-to-fund-abortion%2F&amp;siteScreenName=BreitbartNews&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1354805416668983301\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese abortion industry giants shamefully push their agenda on deeply pro-life nations and cultures,\u201d Dannenfelser continued. \u201cAmericans across the political spectrum oppose the use of taxpayer funding to promote abortion and abortion businesses. Despite this, the new administration is moving forward with a payout to the abortion industry that backed their political campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-3\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?creatorScreenName=BreitbartNews&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-3&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1354794935040540676&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fpolitics%2F2021%2F01%2F28%2Fjoe-biden-abandons-bipartisan-unity-to-force-taxpayers-to-fund-abortion%2F&amp;siteScreenName=BreitbartNews&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1354794935040540676\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Father Dave Pivonka, TOR, President of Franciscan University of Steubenville, said that by \u201crescinding the Mexico City Policy and pledging to codify <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>, President Biden has promoted and facilitated the harmful practice of abortion, which violates the sanctity of human life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/01\/28\/joe-biden-abandons-bipartisan-unity-to-force-taxpayers-to-fund-abortion\/?fbclid=IwAR2l68dgkx8smyjzw4-MK7UYhwv3TCMZV9NcymMoC9p4kqdz7wHJu-TG_c4\">https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/01\/28\/joe-biden-abandons-bipartisan-unity-to-force-taxpayers-to-fund-abortion\/?fbclid=IwAR2l68dgkx8smyjzw4-MK7UYhwv3TCMZV9NcymMoC9p4kqdz7wHJu-TG_c4<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Biden Abandons Bipartisan \u2018Unity\u2019 to Force Taxpayers to Fund Abortion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50644\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}