Under Bush, AIDS funds to go to abortion groups. (Insider Report).

The Bush administration chose Valentine's Day to announce a sweetheart deal to fund the overseas activities of some of the most notorious pro-abortion organizations. "President Bush has decided to allow organizations that promote or perform abortions in poor countries to qualify under some circumstances for part of the $15 billion he has proposed to fight AIDS in Africa and the Caribbean," the New York Times reported on February 15th. "While tailored to ensure that no American money goes directly to promoting abortion, the decision amounts to a step back from the so-called Mexico City policy of barring foreign aid to groups that consider abortion to be a valid family planning option," said the Times. "Mr. Bush reinstated the ban, first imposed by President Ronald Reagan but later suspended by President Bill Clinton, as one of his first acts after taking office." According to the paper, "faced with a clash between two goals-disseminating the AIDS money widely and holding to the antiabortion position--Mr. Bush chose what his aides called a compromise.

An unnamed administration official, reported the Times, said "the policy would allow an organization that conducted family planning activities that included ...