On Friday, President Obama issued an executive order to rescind what is knows as the “Mexico City policy”.  According to Yahoo News, there will no longer be a ban on giving taxpayer money to overseas organizations that perform abortions or provide abortion information.  At a time when America is struggling financially and Americans are struggling financially, why are we sending more money overseas for a purpose that many Americans do not support.  I have a few questions on this issue.

In reference to the war on terror, the supposed gripe the terrorists have with America is that we are an immoral culture (the great satan)–doesn’t this ruling further justify their claim?   Is abortion a moral issue?  Now that we have ultrasound pictures of babies in the womb from a very early age, should we acknowledge that this is a human life that we are ending?  Has anyone noted the irony that our most pro-abortion president is a black man and that abortion statistics show that a disproportionate number of black babies have been killed by abortion.  

I firmly believe that if the life of a mother is at stake and a child needs to be aborted, the woman and her doctor should be allowed to make that decision.  I question the idea that killing a child for the sake of convenience is good for society or good for the woman involved (not to mention the child).