I was right:

Israel has always had a liberal stance on abortion, allowing women facing medical emergencies or those who are victims of rape or abuse to receive subsidies to help them terminate their pregnancies. Outside of those regulations, women can apply for abortions for reasons ranging from an emotional or mental threat caused by the pregnancy or for not being married to the baby’s father. All women who seek to end a pregnancy must appear before a three-member committee to state their case, but 98 percent of requests are approved. Women under the age of 20 or over the age of 40 were also previously eligible for subsidized abortions, regardless of the reason.

With the newly amended health care package, however, funding will now be available for more than 6,000 additional women seeking to terminate their pregnancies, at the cost at some NIS 16 million ($4.6 million). No medical reason for the abortion is required.

In light of this, do we make an exception for foreign aid funneled to Israel or do we cut them off?
 

Last edited by Just Fred (1/24/2017 9:03 am)

Standby for breaking news . . .

Kellyanne Conway offered this pivot on the subject of foreign aid and abortion concerning Israel:
"You guys are twisting the facts and changing the president's words. What president Trump said the other day regarding Israel and subsequently was linked to suppositions by the ignorant main stream media, including you Chuck Todd, in his statement issued from the Oval Office and witnessed by several staff and legislative leaders on the lead up to his meeting with the leader of Israel, our partner and close ally in the Mideast, Benjamin Netanyahu, regarding the transitioning of the position of our embassy from the capital of Israel, Tel Aviv, to the traditional capital of the country of Israel and it's people, the great city of Jerusalem. It is president Trump's sincere plan that this bold and exciting move will solidify America's position of influence in worldwide affairs by designating Jerusalem as the political center of Israel as well as the abortion capital of the world. This is a tremendous opportunity for expansion of business to meet the needs of the same women that took to the streets this past week and show that president Trump is cognizant of their needs and wants. The president and his staff had been totally transparent with the importance of these issues and our plans to address them for the benefit of his internally developed priorities. If you don't agree with these positions, or are just too stupid to understand them, we will be asking you to move to the rear of the briefing room or just not attend in person. You can just log into Skype. So, since I am sure there are no questions after my clarification with these alternative facts, I'll end this press conference. Good bye and God bless America."



Nah . . . She didn't really say that . . .




Yet.


It's going to be an interesting 4 years.

So let me get this straight:

We're going to ban foreign aid to health groups if they give abortion counseling, but we're going to solidify our position of influence by helping to make Israel the abortion capital of the world?

It is president Trump's sincere plan that this bold and exciting move will solidify America's position of influence in worldwide affairs by designating Jerusalem as the political center of Israel as well as the abortion capital of the world. This is a tremendous opportunity for expansion of business to meet the needs of the same women that took to the streets this past week and show that president Trump is cognizant of their needs and wants.

Thanks for clearing that up Kellyanne, and stupid me thought Sarah Palin was the queen of word salad.
 

Ha!  So we are now delving into 'alternative' facts? 

No matter.  We aren't going to send taxpayer dollars to countries that support abortion counselors or abortion, but hey, Israel is our bud.