Reports confirm Obama used tax $$ to lobby for abortion in Kenya

Of course he did....Obama's gift to the country of his father.....abortion.  He used our tax money to lobby for abortion in Kenya...which by the way is illegal.....but that does not stop the most pro abortion prez to date....
Cross posted at NY  Post.....



WASHINGTON — A government watchdog has revealed that the Obama administration gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to a group that lobbied to put pro-abortion language in Kenya’s new constitution, despite US law prohibiting funding to advocate either side of the abortion issue overseas.
The report by the Government Accountability Office validated concerns raised by Capitol Hill Republicans about the US-funded International Development Law Organization working to loosen abortion laws in Kenya.
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, called the US-financed lobbying in Kenya “indefensible.”

Kenya Approves Constitution Containing Strong Pro-Abortion Language

from National Right to LifeBy Dave Andrusko

The results were overwhelming--a nearly 70% approval--and the absence of violence most heartening, so why would pro-lifers be unhappy with the new constitution adopted this week by Kenya, replacing the constitution first drawn up in 1963 when this East African nation won its independence from Great Britain?
For two reasons. Its support for abortion on demand and the inappropriate (to put in mildly) involvement of the pro-abortion Obama Administration in shaping the outcome.
A country that is overwhelmingly pro-life, as measured by public opinion polls, is now saddled with a constitution whose language does not contain any meaningful restrictions on abortion, despite recognition of the right to life from conception.
Kenyan law on abortion had required the opinion of two medical doctors who were in agreement that an abortion was necessary to save the life of the mother.
But according to Jeanne E. Head, R.N., National Right to Life Vice President for International Affairs and United Nations Representative, Section 26 of the new constitution "contains language which allows abortion when in the 'opinion of a trained health professional, there is need for emergency treatment, or the life or health of the mother is in danger, or if permitted by any other written law.'" That is carte blanche language for abortion on demand, as decades of experience in the United States have demonstrated.

Also, as Congressman Chris Smith, along with other Republican members of Congress, has charged (and documented) repeatedly, the Obama Administration has spent at least $23 million to ease passage. They questioned the legality of the spending, since current U.S. law bars funding to advocate either for or against abortion, and the proposed document dramatically changes existing Kenyan abortion laws.

"In the run up to the August 4 referendum on the constitution--just like any other election-- the United States and other interested parties have a profoundly important, but narrow role to play," Smith said in statement released last week. "And that is to ensure to the greatest extent possible that the referendum is free, fair and peaceful. Under no circumstances should the U.S. government take sides by supporting, facilitating and funding projects designed to identify and motivate votes for either side. Yet that is precisely what the Obama Administration has done. And because the proposed constitution significantly alters existing abortion law in Kenya, expending U.S. taxpayer funds used in support of the 'Yes' campaign is also illegal."
Pro-abortion Vice President Joe Biden managed to take time out from a trip to watch the World Cup to fly to Kenya to speak in favor of the new constitution. Terrence McKeegan, vice president and senior counsel at the Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute, told National Review Online's Kathy Lopez that "Biden literally promised millions of dollars in new aid if the people only voted for the new constitution."
McKeegan added, "Many of the groups receiving U.S. funds have been promoting a yes vote, and some are openly pro-abortion groups, such as Development Alternatives, which received $3 million dollars and has openly supported 'advocating for efforts to eventually legalize abortion in Kenya.'" 
McKeegan echoed Head's observation about the impact of the expansive language. "In every place where a broad exception for the health of the mother has been allowed, abortion on demand has resulted," he said. "This is because the pro-abortion NGOs like Planned Parenthood that help to draft this language have been very successful in pushing the idea that there is a right to maternal health -- even where the life of the mother is not threatened in any way -- that supersedes the unborn child's right to life."
Head, who is from New York, added that, "In New York state which allows state funding of so-called 'medically necessary' abortions, unlike the federal government and most states, the result is between 43,000 to 57,000 state-funded abortions of unborn children every year."

PA, NM and Kenya.

PA and NM and Kenya....what do they all have in common. Obama wants to support abortion using our tax money. I already blogged about PA setting up high risk pools using tax money to pay for abortions and now New Mexico From  NRO 

"In New Mexico, the new $37 million high-risk pool began enrolling individuals on July 1. They will start receiving benefits in August, including elective-abortion services, according to the state insurance department's website. Once a deductible is paid, 80 percent of the elective abortion is covered."

Now what's this about Kenya ? Well, in violation of the Siljander Amendment which carries civil and criminal penalties, Obama is funneling monies to NGO's that are rallying for the change in the constitution to include abortions.

Now the Obama administration is doing a double take and a quick soft shoe. First they said abortion is not in there and when proven wrong....they quickly pulled out the language proving their untruthfulness or incompetence...  take your pick. So now they are correcting the language stating their support for funding of abortion.
This makes NARAL  furious and they sent out a email blast demanding the pro choicers  remind this pro choice president who brought him to the dance.

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