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Old 10-10-2006, 09:35 PM   #10 (permalink)
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I partially agree, but Africa needs money to dig itself out of the hole it's in. Instead of throwing money at the problem though, we should make sure that aid money is used for building businesses, farms, infrastructure, etc. The American government doesn't provide Americans with free health care, so why should be provide it to Africans?
Whatever policy the U.S. adopts, the abortion policies and actions of the recipients SHOULD NOT come into play in the decision.

Could you imagine the stink that the conservatives would throw up if a liberal president stated that he would withhold funding to any hospital that did NOT have legal abortion as an option???
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