{"id":139,"date":"2009-01-23T15:40:06","date_gmt":"2009-01-23T15:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/textmessages\/2009\/01\/obama-and-the-mexico-city-poli.html"},"modified":"2009-01-23T15:40:06","modified_gmt":"2009-01-23T15:40:06","slug":"obama-and-the-mexico-city-poli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/textmessages\/2009\/01\/obama-and-the-mexico-city-poli.html","title":{"rendered":"Obama and the Mexico City policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/stevenwaldman\/2009\/01\/is-repealing-the-anti-abortion.html\">Steven Waldman<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/pontifications\/2009\/01\/obamas-mexico-city-repeal-a-pr.html\">David Gibson<\/a> list a bunch of data from a group called Third Way that attempts to prove that lifting the so-called gag rule, which would allow U.S. dollars to go to clinics in developing countries that perform abortions (among a range of health care services), <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/pontifications\/2009\/01\/obamas-mexico-city-repeal-a-pr.html\">would actually <\/a><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-style: italic\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/pontifications\/2009\/01\/obamas-mexico-city-repeal-a-pr.html\">reduce<\/a><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/pontifications\/2009\/01\/obamas-mexico-city-repeal-a-pr.html\">\u00a0the number of abortions<\/a>. The data makes a fascinating and complex argument.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Gibson asks, &#8220;Will any of this satisfy pro-lifers?&#8221; He answers: &#8220;Probably not.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Well, it satisfies this pro-lifer. And I hope others will read closely, and consider carefully. These same facts relate to domestic policies, too&#8211;if we&#8217;re serious about caring for the unborn, then we also have to be serious about caring for women.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steven Waldman and David Gibson list a bunch of data from a group called Third Way that attempts to prove that lifting the so-called gag rule, which would allow U.S. dollars to go to clinics in developing countries that perform abortions (among a range of health care services), would actually reduce\u00a0the number of abortions. 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