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Thread #72125   Message #1240808
Posted By: GUEST,Frank
05-Aug-04 - 03:32 PM
Thread Name: BS: The good Bush has done for America.
Subject: RE: BS: The good Bush has done for America.
I'm interested in the items that guest has put forth as accomplishments.

(Abortion & Traditional Values:
Banned Partial Birth Abortion — by far the most significant roll-back of abortion on demand since Roe v. Wade.)

This means that a lot of unwanted children are forced into the world. Quite inhumane.

(By Executive Order (EO), reversed Clinton's policy of not requiring parental consent for abortions under the Medical Privacy Act.)

So much for Republican protest about Big Government as Big Brother. .

(By EO, prohibited federal funds for international family planning groups that provide abortions and related services.)

Back to the back alley days with coathangers and the suppression of legitimate information.

(Upheld the ban on abortions at military hospitals.)

Now if women in the service wish to control their own bodies,
they are prohibited from doing this. Violation of civil rights for women.

(Supports the Defense of Marriage Act — and a Constitutional amendment saying marriage is between one man and one woman.)

As if marriage needed a defense, it is another form of discrimination on the basis of a real red herring. How many marriages will be wrecked on the basis of allowing gay people to marry? Another Big Brother intrusion by Republicans.

(Requires states to conduct criminal background checks on prospective foster and adoptive parents.)

The act discourages the adoption process. The notion of
"criminal" is open to a variety of interpretations. This effectively outlaws gays from adoption which I suspect was the motive in the first place.