tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434842591971703006.post8442847072237776602..comments2023-05-11T04:57:33.365-07:00Comments on Trees For Lunch: When "pro-choice" is more than merely a choiceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434842591971703006.post-86374606407680999142010-06-28T04:40:08.602-07:002010-06-28T04:40:08.602-07:00It used to be that the USA took leadership in the ...It used to be that the USA took leadership in the G8 in such matters. Now we are the obstructionist. Good for Canada for taking up the mantle, at least in this case.The Maryland Crustaceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18309250912148013290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434842591971703006.post-69229981855463970832010-06-27T20:00:12.102-07:002010-06-27T20:00:12.102-07:00WAY too much liberal claptrap to justify her 5 yea...WAY too much liberal claptrap to justify her 5 years MIN. Flute. IMHO.J Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746127431922685446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434842591971703006.post-36425927923002103612010-06-27T19:22:11.961-07:002010-06-27T19:22:11.961-07:00SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, I'm not going to spea...SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, I'm not going to speak for what Canada decides, but I will say that I've worked in this area for many years. And if we're talking about maternal health, you cannot have maternal health without reproductive health. And reproductive health includes contraception and family planning and access to legal, safe abortion.<br /><br />Obviously, the extraordinary rate of maternal deaths that still occur in our world in countries where women do not have access to family planning remains a great tragedy. I've also been very involved in promoting family planning and contraception as a way to prevent abortion. If you are concerned about abortion, then women should have access to family planning.<br /><br />And finally, I do not think governments should be involved in making these decisions. It is perfectly legitimate for people to hold their own personal views based on conscience, religion, or any other basis. But I've always believed that the government should not intervene in decisions of such intimacy. And we can see through history what happens when governments do. When governments have a policy of one child, as China has had, and where that policy is implemented by forced abortions, that is abhorrent. And when governments like the communist government in Romania had policies promoting five children per women, which denied women the opportunity to plan their own families, the result was a tragic problem with children being given up and being put into orphanages.<br /><br />So this is an issue of great concern to me and to my government, and we are promoting a global health initiative that will emphasize maternal and child health, and we are promoting a greater access to contraception—both male and female contraception - and we are also looking for ways to make women's choices so that they can avoid abortion—more realistic by providing support for them.Flutehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04636653543618773903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434842591971703006.post-28181413546206468242010-06-27T19:14:53.752-07:002010-06-27T19:14:53.752-07:00I don't go along with abortions. Contraceptive...I don't go along with abortions. Contraceptives ok.<br /><br />Right now I don't think we are in a position the be the world's financial assistance company dealing with these issues or dictating a solution. It would seem to me what assistance we do dish out goes directly to the leaders of the thrid world countries to live lavishly while their people continue to suffer.<br /><br />Considering no real attention is being paid to the crisis many Americans are faced with now ( unemployment,home forclosures, evictions, homeless, and lack of real job opportunities), Washington might do well to redirect their priorities at home first. <br /><br />Would have been nice to see the majority of the so called stimulus money being spent on our own citiens, not failing manufacturers, banks, and Wall Street investment companies where the CEO's got big bonuses. <br /><br />Seems to me they made out like bandits at our expense while we suffer.photogrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149737419546300220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434842591971703006.post-10071556850323449112010-06-27T19:07:03.015-07:002010-06-27T19:07:03.015-07:00I feel so sad and frustrated when I read this. Hi...I feel so sad and frustrated when I read this. Hillary and I really don't see the world the same way. I think the G8 plan as a good thing and am grateful that ill and Melinda Gates Foundation is donating all that money to assist with maternal health needs.Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15692160455833039396noreply@blogger.com