For Americans, a continuation of the Byzantine spending formulas in place for the past two years would add to the already sizable administrative and human costs incurred by the U.S. international family planning program, while continuing the drain of funds away from the delivery of services. In the developing world women travel many miles, sometimes on foot, to get family planning services. It is no answer to them if the clinic is closed, staff have been laid off, or equipment and medical supplies are not available. There should be no controversy about this fact. The reality is, a Mexico City-type policy will not reduce abortion.
Family planning does.
By providing assistance to people who want it, we take the single most important step toward ensuring environmental and social stability. We urge the House leadership to end the gridlock by sending a clean foreign operations bill to the President.