The U.S. Senate voted 53-41 Thursday to use taxpayer money to support overseas organizations that perform or promote abortion. In response, President Bush reaffirmed his pledge to veto any legislation that weakens his pro-life policies.
On Monday's radio broadcast, Dr. James C. Dobson, founder and chairman of Focus on the Family, will thank the president for taking a strong stand for life.
The Mexico City policy — named after the city where it was announced by President Reagan — was rescinded by President Clinton and reinstated by Bush. The Senate bill would kill the policy.
"Once again, this Congress is threatening to abolish long-standing pro-life policies that protect preborn children," said Carrie Gordon Earll, senior bioethics analyst for Focus on the Family Action. "Thankfully, once again, President Bush is standing in the way with a veto threat. As the president has demonstrated in the past, he's willing to use his veto pen to defend pro-life policies, and for that we are grateful."
In May, in identical letters to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Bush wrote, “I will veto any legislation that weakens current federal policies and laws on abortion, or that encourages the destruction of human life at any stage.”
Companion legislation passed the House in June, and the measure now heads to House-Senate negotiations.
During a brief Senate debate Thursday, Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., spoke in favor of the president's pro-life policy.
"It's a gut-check issue about where you stand on life," he said, "where you stand on whether or not we should be using taxpayer funds for abortion."
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