U.S. Pro-Life Groups Bite Their Tongues as Israel Expands Abortion Coverage

[NYcarbineer]

Is this why Hobby Lobby refuses to hire Jews?

lol

 

[Moonglow]

The Jewish State will spend millions more to subsidize the controversial procedure this year. Why that doesn’t anger the American right.
You would expect conservative groups to go ballistic when it comes to taxpayer funding of abortions, but when Israel announced just that last month, the news was greeted with a subdued response among pro-life and pro-Israel groups in the U.S.

Israel will pay for all approved abortions for women aged 20 to 33, thanks to a recommendation accepted by its health ministry. Starting this year, Israel will spend 16 million shekels ($4.6 million) to cover abortions for approximately 6,300 women.

“There is a large group of women between 20 and 40 who for various reasons—financial or reasons of secrecy—do not terminate pregnancies,” said Dr. Jonathan Halevy, the chairman of the “health basket” committee that recommended the policy, adding that he hopes universal abortion coverage is approved next.

Until now, as the Times of Israel points out, the cheapest privately funded abortions cost the equivalent of $1,500, while their publicly funded counterparts cost $714. Only women under 18 and over 40 were allowed to receive these cheaper abortions, while everyone else was forced to pay much more.

Ari Morgenstern, spokesman for Christians United for Israel (CUFI), which boasts more than 1 million members nationwide, the abortion policy won’t change the organization’s support for the Jewish State.

“CUFI is a single-issue organization that supports the democratically elected government of Israel regardless of whether or not we agree with the decisions taken by that government,” he said.

Tom McClusky a spokesman for the March for Life said, “It seems that especially while a lot of Europe and also Russia and the former Soviet Union is having trouble keeping up with birthrates, that it’d be a pretty poor policy for a country to take right now.” When asked if he thought the new provision might alienate pro-Israel American conservatives, McClusky added, “A lot of people that I’ve partnered with here and at my former job [the Family Research Council] who were pro-Israel were also pro-life. It seems they’d just be another country where we’d be looking to overturn a law.”

You would expect conservative groups to go ballistic.


Dr. Charmaine Yoest, the CEO of Americans United for Life (AUL), decided to use Jewish law as a defense, saying “In a meaningful passage, the Talmud teaches that ‘Whosoever preserves a single soul…, [it is] as though he had preserved a complete world.’ Unborn lives are rich with possibilities and worth saving and government should never be used to harm life and harm women.”

“People who support Israel—even if they’re conservative on social values—they’re lives are not going to be changed by [this issue,]” said Steve Rosen, a former leading official at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). “One of the things you have to remember is that Israel’s abortion policy was liberal last year too, very liberal—one of the most liberal in the world—and they went even further in that direction.”

And, of course, it goes both ways, “The people who are the furthest left on the abortion issue,” says Rosen, “are not going to be so happy about this news that it’s going to change their unhappiness with Israel’s settlement policy.”

For the American right, Israel as an idea and Israel as a state with its own domestic policy, seems to remain separate.

U.S. Pro-Life Groups Bite Their Tongues as Israel Expands Abortion Coverage - The Daily Beast

Tax Payer funded abortions?


The rights response: Yaaaaaaawwnnnnn

What would be the point? That would be up to Israeli people to object or not. Abortion is legal and cannot be considered a violation of human rights.

Speaking of that;

You are a hypocrite for bringing this up considering you don't speak for women's or gay's rights in Muslim countries. You bitch because many don't want to fund abortion, yet have no problem with the oppression and slaughter of innocent people by muslims. Or do you consider beheading gays a really, really late term abortion? And women never are considered a person in some muslim countries, so no rights for them, either.

Either whey, it does make the right look like fools.....

 

[NYcarbineer]

The Jewish State will spend millions more to subsidize the controversial procedure this year. Why that doesn’t anger the American right.
You would expect conservative groups to go ballistic when it comes to taxpayer funding of abortions, but when Israel announced just that last month, the news was greeted with a subdued response among pro-life and pro-Israel groups in the U.S.

Israel will pay for all approved abortions for women aged 20 to 33, thanks to a recommendation accepted by its health ministry. Starting this year, Israel will spend 16 million shekels ($4.6 million) to cover abortions for approximately 6,300 women.

“There is a large group of women between 20 and 40 who for various reasons—financial or reasons of secrecy—do not terminate pregnancies,” said Dr. Jonathan Halevy, the chairman of the “health basket” committee that recommended the policy, adding that he hopes universal abortion coverage is approved next.

Until now, as the Times of Israel points out, the cheapest privately funded abortions cost the equivalent of $1,500, while their publicly funded counterparts cost $714. Only women under 18 and over 40 were allowed to receive these cheaper abortions, while everyone else was forced to pay much more.

Ari Morgenstern, spokesman for Christians United for Israel (CUFI), which boasts more than 1 million members nationwide, the abortion policy won’t change the organization’s support for the Jewish State.

“CUFI is a single-issue organization that supports the democratically elected government of Israel regardless of whether or not we agree with the decisions taken by that government,” he said.

Tom McClusky a spokesman for the March for Life said, “It seems that especially while a lot of Europe and also Russia and the former Soviet Union is having trouble keeping up with birthrates, that it’d be a pretty poor policy for a country to take right now.” When asked if he thought the new provision might alienate pro-Israel American conservatives, McClusky added, “A lot of people that I’ve partnered with here and at my former job [the Family Research Council] who were pro-Israel were also pro-life. It seems they’d just be another country where we’d be looking to overturn a law.”

You would expect conservative groups to go ballistic.


Dr. Charmaine Yoest, the CEO of Americans United for Life (AUL), decided to use Jewish law as a defense, saying “In a meaningful passage, the Talmud teaches that ‘Whosoever preserves a single soul…, [it is] as though he had preserved a complete world.’ Unborn lives are rich with possibilities and worth saving and government should never be used to harm life and harm women.”

“People who support Israel—even if they’re conservative on social values—they’re lives are not going to be changed by [this issue,]” said Steve Rosen, a former leading official at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). “One of the things you have to remember is that Israel’s abortion policy was liberal last year too, very liberal—one of the most liberal in the world—and they went even further in that direction.”

And, of course, it goes both ways, “The people who are the furthest left on the abortion issue,” says Rosen, “are not going to be so happy about this news that it’s going to change their unhappiness with Israel’s settlement policy.”

For the American right, Israel as an idea and Israel as a state with its own domestic policy, seems to remain separate.

U.S. Pro-Life Groups Bite Their Tongues as Israel Expands Abortion Coverage - The Daily Beast

Tax Payer funded abortions?


The rights response: Yaaaaaaawwnnnnn

What would be the point? That would be up to Israeli people to object or not. Abortion is legal and cannot be considered a violation of human rights.

Speaking of that;

You are a hypocrite for bringing this up considering you don't speak for women's or gay's rights in Muslim countries. You bitch because many don't want to fund abortion, yet have no problem with the oppression and slaughter of innocent people by muslims. Or do you consider beheading gays a really, really late term abortion? And women never are considered a person in some muslim countries, so no rights for them, either.

Your hypocrisy is noted. Again. You are a joke. An old retold joke that no one wants to hear anymore.

 

[Clementine]

The Jewish State will spend millions more to subsidize the controversial procedure this year. Why that doesn’t anger the American right.
You would expect conservative groups to go ballistic when it comes to taxpayer funding of abortions, but when Israel announced just that last month, the news was greeted with a subdued response among pro-life and pro-Israel groups in the U.S.

Israel will pay for all approved abortions for women aged 20 to 33, thanks to a recommendation accepted by its health ministry. Starting this year, Israel will spend 16 million shekels ($4.6 million) to cover abortions for approximately 6,300 women.

“There is a large group of women between 20 and 40 who for various reasons—financial or reasons of secrecy—do not terminate pregnancies,” said Dr. Jonathan Halevy, the chairman of the “health basket” committee that recommended the policy, adding that he hopes universal abortion coverage is approved next.

Until now, as the Times of Israel points out, the cheapest privately funded abortions cost the equivalent of $1,500, while their publicly funded counterparts cost $714. Only women under 18 and over 40 were allowed to receive these cheaper abortions, while everyone else was forced to pay much more.

Ari Morgenstern, spokesman for Christians United for Israel (CUFI), which boasts more than 1 million members nationwide, the abortion policy won’t change the organization’s support for the Jewish State.

“CUFI is a single-issue organization that supports the democratically elected government of Israel regardless of whether or not we agree with the decisions taken by that government,” he said.

Tom McClusky a spokesman for the March for Life said, “It seems that especially while a lot of Europe and also Russia and the former Soviet Union is having trouble keeping up with birthrates, that it’d be a pretty poor policy for a country to take right now.” When asked if he thought the new provision might alienate pro-Israel American conservatives, McClusky added, “A lot of people that I’ve partnered with here and at my former job [the Family Research Council] who were pro-Israel were also pro-life. It seems they’d just be another country where we’d be looking to overturn a law.”

You would expect conservative groups to go ballistic.


Dr. Charmaine Yoest, the CEO of Americans United for Life (AUL), decided to use Jewish law as a defense, saying “In a meaningful passage, the Talmud teaches that ‘Whosoever preserves a single soul…, [it is] as though he had preserved a complete world.’ Unborn lives are rich with possibilities and worth saving and government should never be used to harm life and harm women.”

“People who support Israel—even if they’re conservative on social values—they’re lives are not going to be changed by [this issue,]” said Steve Rosen, a former leading official at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). “One of the things you have to remember is that Israel’s abortion policy was liberal last year too, very liberal—one of the most liberal in the world—and they went even further in that direction.”

And, of course, it goes both ways, “The people who are the furthest left on the abortion issue,” says Rosen, “are not going to be so happy about this news that it’s going to change their unhappiness with Israel’s settlement policy.”

For the American right, Israel as an idea and Israel as a state with its own domestic policy, seems to remain separate.

U.S. Pro-Life Groups Bite Their Tongues as Israel Expands Abortion Coverage - The Daily Beast

Tax Payer funded abortions?


The rights response: Yaaaaaaawwnnnnn

Oh, my!!!???/ Israel is increasing access to abortion???? Well that's a game changer right there. I guess we'll need to break our alliance then. Is that what you expected from the right? Do you see how ridiculous that argument is?

You need to think before you post.

We send money to Israel. Israel funds abortions. We fund Israeli abortions.

Thanks to Obama, we are funding terrorism by sending foreign aid to those muslim countries who are killing infidels on a daily basis and calling for 'death to America.'

I would support stopping ALL foreign aid since the money handed to dictators never helps the innocent people there anyway.

 

[Moonglow]

Is this why Hobby Lobby refuses to hire Jews?

lol

It's that day of they want off Saturday...

 

[NYcarbineer]

The Jewish State will spend millions more to subsidize the controversial procedure this year. Why that doesn’t anger the American right.
You would expect conservative groups to go ballistic when it comes to taxpayer funding of abortions, but when Israel announced just that last month, the news was greeted with a subdued response among pro-life and pro-Israel groups in the U.S.

Israel will pay for all approved abortions for women aged 20 to 33, thanks to a recommendation accepted by its health ministry. Starting this year, Israel will spend 16 million shekels ($4.6 million) to cover abortions for approximately 6,300 women.

“There is a large group of women between 20 and 40 who for various reasons—financial or reasons of secrecy—do not terminate pregnancies,” said Dr. Jonathan Halevy, the chairman of the “health basket” committee that recommended the policy, adding that he hopes universal abortion coverage is approved next.

Until now, as the Times of Israel points out, the cheapest privately funded abortions cost the equivalent of $1,500, while their publicly funded counterparts cost $714. Only women under 18 and over 40 were allowed to receive these cheaper abortions, while everyone else was forced to pay much more.

Ari Morgenstern, spokesman for Christians United for Israel (CUFI), which boasts more than 1 million members nationwide, the abortion policy won’t change the organization’s support for the Jewish State.

“CUFI is a single-issue organization that supports the democratically elected government of Israel regardless of whether or not we agree with the decisions taken by that government,” he said.

Tom McClusky a spokesman for the March for Life said, “It seems that especially while a lot of Europe and also Russia and the former Soviet Union is having trouble keeping up with birthrates, that it’d be a pretty poor policy for a country to take right now.” When asked if he thought the new provision might alienate pro-Israel American conservatives, McClusky added, “A lot of people that I’ve partnered with here and at my former job [the Family Research Council] who were pro-Israel were also pro-life. It seems they’d just be another country where we’d be looking to overturn a law.”

You would expect conservative groups to go ballistic.


Dr. Charmaine Yoest, the CEO of Americans United for Life (AUL), decided to use Jewish law as a defense, saying “In a meaningful passage, the Talmud teaches that ‘Whosoever preserves a single soul…, [it is] as though he had preserved a complete world.’ Unborn lives are rich with possibilities and worth saving and government should never be used to harm life and harm women.”

“People who support Israel—even if they’re conservative on social values—they’re lives are not going to be changed by [this issue,]” said Steve Rosen, a former leading official at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). “One of the things you have to remember is that Israel’s abortion policy was liberal last year too, very liberal—one of the most liberal in the world—and they went even further in that direction.”

And, of course, it goes both ways, “The people who are the furthest left on the abortion issue,” says Rosen, “are not going to be so happy about this news that it’s going to change their unhappiness with Israel’s settlement policy.”

For the American right, Israel as an idea and Israel as a state with its own domestic policy, seems to remain separate.

U.S. Pro-Life Groups Bite Their Tongues as Israel Expands Abortion Coverage - The Daily Beast

Tax Payer funded abortions?


The rights response: Yaaaaaaawwnnnnn

Oh, my!!!???/ Israel is increasing access to abortion???? Well that's a game changer right there. I guess we'll need to break our alliance then. Is that what you expected from the right? Do you see how ridiculous that argument is?

You need to think before you post.

We send money to Israel. Israel funds abortions. We fund Israeli abortions.

O...M...F....G!

btw the Helms amendment prohibits US foreign aid being used for abortions.

 

[Moonglow]

The Jewish State will spend millions more to subsidize the controversial procedure this year. Why that doesn’t anger the American right.
You would expect conservative groups to go ballistic when it comes to taxpayer funding of abortions, but when Israel announced just that last month, the news was greeted with a subdued response among pro-life and pro-Israel groups in the U.S.

Israel will pay for all approved abortions for women aged 20 to 33, thanks to a recommendation accepted by its health ministry. Starting this year, Israel will spend 16 million shekels ($4.6 million) to cover abortions for approximately 6,300 women.

“There is a large group of women between 20 and 40 who for various reasons—financial or reasons of secrecy—do not terminate pregnancies,” said Dr. Jonathan Halevy, the chairman of the “health basket” committee that recommended the policy, adding that he hopes universal abortion coverage is approved next.

Until now, as the Times of Israel points out, the cheapest privately funded abortions cost the equivalent of $1,500, while their publicly funded counterparts cost $714. Only women under 18 and over 40 were allowed to receive these cheaper abortions, while everyone else was forced to pay much more.

Ari Morgenstern, spokesman for Christians United for Israel (CUFI), which boasts more than 1 million members nationwide, the abortion policy won’t change the organization’s support for the Jewish State.

“CUFI is a single-issue organization that supports the democratically elected government of Israel regardless of whether or not we agree with the decisions taken by that government,” he said.

Tom McClusky a spokesman for the March for Life said, “It seems that especially while a lot of Europe and also Russia and the former Soviet Union is having trouble keeping up with birthrates, that it’d be a pretty poor policy for a country to take right now.” When asked if he thought the new provision might alienate pro-Israel American conservatives, McClusky added, “A lot of people that I’ve partnered with here and at my former job [the Family Research Council] who were pro-Israel were also pro-life. It seems they’d just be another country where we’d be looking to overturn a law.”

You would expect conservative groups to go ballistic.


Dr. Charmaine Yoest, the CEO of Americans United for Life (AUL), decided to use Jewish law as a defense, saying “In a meaningful passage, the Talmud teaches that ‘Whosoever preserves a single soul…, [it is] as though he had preserved a complete world.’ Unborn lives are rich with possibilities and worth saving and government should never be used to harm life and harm women.”

“People who support Israel—even if they’re conservative on social values—they’re lives are not going to be changed by [this issue,]” said Steve Rosen, a former leading official at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). “One of the things you have to remember is that Israel’s abortion policy was liberal last year too, very liberal—one of the most liberal in the world—and they went even further in that direction.”

And, of course, it goes both ways, “The people who are the furthest left on the abortion issue,” says Rosen, “are not going to be so happy about this news that it’s going to change their unhappiness with Israel’s settlement policy.”

For the American right, Israel as an idea and Israel as a state with its own domestic policy, seems to remain separate.

U.S. Pro-Life Groups Bite Their Tongues as Israel Expands Abortion Coverage - The Daily Beast

Tax Payer funded abortions?


The rights response: Yaaaaaaawwnnnnn

Oh, my!!!???/ Israel is increasing access to abortion???? Well that's a game changer right there. I guess we'll need to break our alliance then. Is that what you expected from the right? Do you see how ridiculous that argument is?

You need to think before you post.

We send money to Israel. Israel funds abortions. We fund Israeli abortions.

O...M...F....G!

btw the Helms amendment prohibits US foreign aid being used for abortions.

I will need to get Stephanie....

 

[Publius1787]

The Jewish State will spend millions more to subsidize the controversial procedure this year. Why that doesn’t anger the American right.
You would expect conservative groups to go ballistic when it comes to taxpayer funding of abortions, but when Israel announced just that last month, the news was greeted with a subdued response among pro-life and pro-Israel groups in the U.S.

Israel will pay for all approved abortions for women aged 20 to 33, thanks to a recommendation accepted by its health ministry. Starting this year, Israel will spend 16 million shekels ($4.6 million) to cover abortions for approximately 6,300 women.

“There is a large group of women between 20 and 40 who for various reasons—financial or reasons of secrecy—do not terminate pregnancies,” said Dr. Jonathan Halevy, the chairman of the “health basket” committee that recommended the policy, adding that he hopes universal abortion coverage is approved next.

Until now, as the Times of Israel points out, the cheapest privately funded abortions cost the equivalent of $1,500, while their publicly funded counterparts cost $714. Only women under 18 and over 40 were allowed to receive these cheaper abortions, while everyone else was forced to pay much more.

Ari Morgenstern, spokesman for Christians United for Israel (CUFI), which boasts more than 1 million members nationwide, the abortion policy won’t change the organization’s support for the Jewish State.

“CUFI is a single-issue organization that supports the democratically elected government of Israel regardless of whether or not we agree with the decisions taken by that government,” he said.

Tom McClusky a spokesman for the March for Life said, “It seems that especially while a lot of Europe and also Russia and the former Soviet Union is having trouble keeping up with birthrates, that it’d be a pretty poor policy for a country to take right now.” When asked if he thought the new provision might alienate pro-Israel American conservatives, McClusky added, “A lot of people that I’ve partnered with here and at my former job [the Family Research Council] who were pro-Israel were also pro-life. It seems they’d just be another country where we’d be looking to overturn a law.”

You would expect conservative groups to go ballistic.


Dr. Charmaine Yoest, the CEO of Americans United for Life (AUL), decided to use Jewish law as a defense, saying “In a meaningful passage, the Talmud teaches that ‘Whosoever preserves a single soul…, [it is] as though he had preserved a complete world.’ Unborn lives are rich with possibilities and worth saving and government should never be used to harm life and harm women.”

“People who support Israel—even if they’re conservative on social values—they’re lives are not going to be changed by [this issue,]” said Steve Rosen, a former leading official at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). “One of the things you have to remember is that Israel’s abortion policy was liberal last year too, very liberal—one of the most liberal in the world—and they went even further in that direction.”

And, of course, it goes both ways, “The people who are the furthest left on the abortion issue,” says Rosen, “are not going to be so happy about this news that it’s going to change their unhappiness with Israel’s settlement policy.”

For the American right, Israel as an idea and Israel as a state with its own domestic policy, seems to remain separate.

U.S. Pro-Life Groups Bite Their Tongues as Israel Expands Abortion Coverage - The Daily Beast

Tax Payer funded abortions?


The rights response: Yaaaaaaawwnnnnn

Oh, my!!!???/ Israel is increasing access to abortion???? Well that's a game changer right there. I guess we'll need to break our alliance then. Is that what you expected from the right? Do you see how ridiculous that argument is?

You need to think before you post.

We send money to Israel. Israel funds abortions. We fund Israeli abortions.

Abortions are the # denier of Democrat votes. Why should I care if they are done here or abroad? And what bearing should abortions have on our alliance with Israel? Muse we be 100% in agreement? Is it hypocrisy to support an ally who funds abortions? The op is full of it. garbage all the way.

 

[Publius1787]

The Jewish State will spend millions more to subsidize the controversial procedure this year. Why that doesn’t anger the American right.
You would expect conservative groups to go ballistic when it comes to taxpayer funding of abortions, but when Israel announced just that last month, the news was greeted with a subdued response among pro-life and pro-Israel groups in the U.S.

Israel will pay for all approved abortions for women aged 20 to 33, thanks to a recommendation accepted by its health ministry. Starting this year, Israel will spend 16 million shekels ($4.6 million) to cover abortions for approximately 6,300 women.

“There is a large group of women between 20 and 40 who for various reasons—financial or reasons of secrecy—do not terminate pregnancies,” said Dr. Jonathan Halevy, the chairman of the “health basket” committee that recommended the policy, adding that he hopes universal abortion coverage is approved next.

Until now, as the Times of Israel points out, the cheapest privately funded abortions cost the equivalent of $1,500, while their publicly funded counterparts cost $714. Only women under 18 and over 40 were allowed to receive these cheaper abortions, while everyone else was forced to pay much more.

Ari Morgenstern, spokesman for Christians United for Israel (CUFI), which boasts more than 1 million members nationwide, the abortion policy won’t change the organization’s support for the Jewish State.

“CUFI is a single-issue organization that supports the democratically elected government of Israel regardless of whether or not we agree with the decisions taken by that government,” he said.

Tom McClusky a spokesman for the March for Life said, “It seems that especially while a lot of Europe and also Russia and the former Soviet Union is having trouble keeping up with birthrates, that it’d be a pretty poor policy for a country to take right now.” When asked if he thought the new provision might alienate pro-Israel American conservatives, McClusky added, “A lot of people that I’ve partnered with here and at my former job [the Family Research Council] who were pro-Israel were also pro-life. It seems they’d just be another country where we’d be looking to overturn a law.”

You would expect conservative groups to go ballistic.


Dr. Charmaine Yoest, the CEO of Americans United for Life (AUL), decided to use Jewish law as a defense, saying “In a meaningful passage, the Talmud teaches that ‘Whosoever preserves a single soul…, [it is] as though he had preserved a complete world.’ Unborn lives are rich with possibilities and worth saving and government should never be used to harm life and harm women.”

“People who support Israel—even if they’re conservative on social values—they’re lives are not going to be changed by [this issue,]” said Steve Rosen, a former leading official at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). “One of the things you have to remember is that Israel’s abortion policy was liberal last year too, very liberal—one of the most liberal in the world—and they went even further in that direction.”

And, of course, it goes both ways, “The people who are the furthest left on the abortion issue,” says Rosen, “are not going to be so happy about this news that it’s going to change their unhappiness with Israel’s settlement policy.”

For the American right, Israel as an idea and Israel as a state with its own domestic policy, seems to remain separate.

U.S. Pro-Life Groups Bite Their Tongues as Israel Expands Abortion Coverage - The Daily Beast

Tax Payer funded abortions?


The rights response: Yaaaaaaawwnnnnn

Oh, my!!!???/ Israel is increasing access to abortion???? Well that's a game changer right there. I guess we'll need to break our alliance then. Is that what you expected from the right? Do you see how ridiculous that argument is?

You need to think before you post.

We send money to Israel. Israel funds abortions. We fund Israeli abortions.

Your right!!!! Lets call off our relationship with Israel!!!!

Uh, ... .. ... Yeah that sounds stupid.

 

[Clementine]

Either whey, it does make the right look like fools.....

No, it doesn't, you small-minded twit.

We support and love America, too, even though there are some things we don't like about it. If the left thinks the right should disown an ally over one issue, then you are more foolish than I imagined.

 

[Publius1787]

The Jewish State will spend millions more to subsidize the controversial procedure this year. Why that doesn’t anger the American right.
You would expect conservative groups to go ballistic when it comes to taxpayer funding of abortions, but when Israel announced just that last month, the news was greeted with a subdued response among pro-life and pro-Israel groups in the U.S.

Israel will pay for all approved abortions for women aged 20 to 33, thanks to a recommendation accepted by its health ministry. Starting this year, Israel will spend 16 million shekels ($4.6 million) to cover abortions for approximately 6,300 women.

“There is a large group of women between 20 and 40 who for various reasons—financial or reasons of secrecy—do not terminate pregnancies,” said Dr. Jonathan Halevy, the chairman of the “health basket” committee that recommended the policy, adding that he hopes universal abortion coverage is approved next.

Until now, as the Times of Israel points out, the cheapest privately funded abortions cost the equivalent of $1,500, while their publicly funded counterparts cost $714. Only women under 18 and over 40 were allowed to receive these cheaper abortions, while everyone else was forced to pay much more.

Ari Morgenstern, spokesman for Christians United for Israel (CUFI), which boasts more than 1 million members nationwide, the abortion policy won’t change the organization’s support for the Jewish State.

“CUFI is a single-issue organization that supports the democratically elected government of Israel regardless of whether or not we agree with the decisions taken by that government,” he said.

Tom McClusky a spokesman for the March for Life said, “It seems that especially while a lot of Europe and also Russia and the former Soviet Union is having trouble keeping up with birthrates, that it’d be a pretty poor policy for a country to take right now.” When asked if he thought the new provision might alienate pro-Israel American conservatives, McClusky added, “A lot of people that I’ve partnered with here and at my former job [the Family Research Council] who were pro-Israel were also pro-life. It seems they’d just be another country where we’d be looking to overturn a law.”

You would expect conservative groups to go ballistic.


Dr. Charmaine Yoest, the CEO of Americans United for Life (AUL), decided to use Jewish law as a defense, saying “In a meaningful passage, the Talmud teaches that ‘Whosoever preserves a single soul…, [it is] as though he had preserved a complete world.’ Unborn lives are rich with possibilities and worth saving and government should never be used to harm life and harm women.”

“People who support Israel—even if they’re conservative on social values—they’re lives are not going to be changed by [this issue,]” said Steve Rosen, a former leading official at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). “One of the things you have to remember is that Israel’s abortion policy was liberal last year too, very liberal—one of the most liberal in the world—and they went even further in that direction.”

And, of course, it goes both ways, “The people who are the furthest left on the abortion issue,” says Rosen, “are not going to be so happy about this news that it’s going to change their unhappiness with Israel’s settlement policy.”

For the American right, Israel as an idea and Israel as a state with its own domestic policy, seems to remain separate.

U.S. Pro-Life Groups Bite Their Tongues as Israel Expands Abortion Coverage - The Daily Beast

Tax Payer funded abortions?


The rights response: Yaaaaaaawwnnnnn

Oh, my!!!???/ Israel is increasing access to abortion???? Well that's a game changer right there. I guess we'll need to break our alliance then. Is that what you expected from the right? Do you see how ridiculous that argument is?

You need to think before you post.

We send money to Israel. Israel funds abortions. We fund Israeli abortions.

O...M...F....G!

btw the Helms amendment prohibits US foreign aid being used for abortions.

Foreign Aid to Israel is earmarked for a specific cause. You would need to make an argument that by funding Israeli defenses we are freeing up funds to support abortion. that, however, wont exactly fly.

 

[Moonglow]

The Jewish State will spend millions more to subsidize the controversial procedure this year. Why that doesn’t anger the American right.
You would expect conservative groups to go ballistic when it comes to taxpayer funding of abortions, but when Israel announced just that last month, the news was greeted with a subdued response among pro-life and pro-Israel groups in the U.S.

Israel will pay for all approved abortions for women aged 20 to 33, thanks to a recommendation accepted by its health ministry. Starting this year, Israel will spend 16 million shekels ($4.6 million) to cover abortions for approximately 6,300 women.

“There is a large group of women between 20 and 40 who for various reasons—financial or reasons of secrecy—do not terminate pregnancies,” said Dr. Jonathan Halevy, the chairman of the “health basket” committee that recommended the policy, adding that he hopes universal abortion coverage is approved next.

Until now, as the Times of Israel points out, the cheapest privately funded abortions cost the equivalent of $1,500, while their publicly funded counterparts cost $714. Only women under 18 and over 40 were allowed to receive these cheaper abortions, while everyone else was forced to pay much more.

Ari Morgenstern, spokesman for Christians United for Israel (CUFI), which boasts more than 1 million members nationwide, the abortion policy won’t change the organization’s support for the Jewish State.

“CUFI is a single-issue organization that supports the democratically elected government of Israel regardless of whether or not we agree with the decisions taken by that government,” he said.

Tom McClusky a spokesman for the March for Life said, “It seems that especially while a lot of Europe and also Russia and the former Soviet Union is having trouble keeping up with birthrates, that it’d be a pretty poor policy for a country to take right now.” When asked if he thought the new provision might alienate pro-Israel American conservatives, McClusky added, “A lot of people that I’ve partnered with here and at my former job [the Family Research Council] who were pro-Israel were also pro-life. It seems they’d just be another country where we’d be looking to overturn a law.”

You would expect conservative groups to go ballistic.


Dr. Charmaine Yoest, the CEO of Americans United for Life (AUL), decided to use Jewish law as a defense, saying “In a meaningful passage, the Talmud teaches that ‘Whosoever preserves a single soul…, [it is] as though he had preserved a complete world.’ Unborn lives are rich with possibilities and worth saving and government should never be used to harm life and harm women.”

“People who support Israel—even if they’re conservative on social values—they’re lives are not going to be changed by [this issue,]” said Steve Rosen, a former leading official at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). “One of the things you have to remember is that Israel’s abortion policy was liberal last year too, very liberal—one of the most liberal in the world—and they went even further in that direction.”

And, of course, it goes both ways, “The people who are the furthest left on the abortion issue,” says Rosen, “are not going to be so happy about this news that it’s going to change their unhappiness with Israel’s settlement policy.”

For the American right, Israel as an idea and Israel as a state with its own domestic policy, seems to remain separate.

U.S. Pro-Life Groups Bite Their Tongues as Israel Expands Abortion Coverage - The Daily Beast

Tax Payer funded abortions?


The rights response: Yaaaaaaawwnnnnn

Oh, my!!!???/ Israel is increasing access to abortion???? Well that's a game changer right there. I guess we'll need to break our alliance then. Is that what you expected from the right? Do you see how ridiculous that argument is?

You need to think before you post.

We send money to Israel. Israel funds abortions. We fund Israeli abortions.

O...M...F....G!

btw the Helms amendment prohibits US foreign aid being used for abortions.

Foreign Aid to Israel is earmarked for a specific cause. You would need to make an argument that by funding Israeli defenses we are freeing up funds to support abortion. that, however, wont exactly fly.

Not to those in denial....

 

[Moonglow]

It's damn good thing that Jews stone gheys in Israel.

..O....M.....G!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They don't, in fact they have the most advance ghey rights in the ME...


Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights in Israel have generally been seen as one of the most advanced in the Middle Eastand Asia.[1] Same-sex sexual activity was legalized in 1988, although the former law against buggery had not been enforced since a court decision of 1963.[2] Israel became the first in Asia to recognize unregistered cohabitation between same-sex couples, making it the only country in Asia to recognize any same-sex union thus far. Although same-sex marriages are not performed in the country, Israel recognizes same-sex marriages performed elsewhere, making it the first and only country in Asia to do so. Discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation was prohibited in 1992. Same-sex couples are allowed to jointly adopt after a court decision in 2008, while previously allowing stepchild adoptions and limited co-guardianship rights for non-biological parents. Gays and lesbians are also allowed to serve openly in the military
LGBT rights in Israel - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

 

[Moonglow]

What is a Christian to do?

 

[whitehall]

Why don't hypocrite progs support Israel?

whitehall

Glad to see you supporting women's right to abortion but please link to and name [sic] "progs" who don't support Israel.

A woman's "right" to hire someone to kill her unborn child in Israel is not a political issue in the United States. The fact that the progs would bring up this issue as a right wing political issue is an indication that they do not support Israel's right to exist and they apparently think right wingers should abandon Israel because they use taxpayer funds to pay for abortions.

 

[Agit8r]

Probably because the belief that personhood starts at conception is unique to post-1973 Evangelicalism.

 

[Moonglow]

Why don't hypocrite progs support Israel?

whitehall

Glad to see you supporting women's right to abortion but please link to and name [sic] "progs" who don't support Israel.

A woman's "right" to hire someone to kill her unborn child in Israel is not a political issue in the United States. The fact that the progs would bring up this issue as a right wing political issue is an indication that they do not support Israel's right to exist and they apparently think right wingers should abandon Israel because they use taxpayer funds to pay for abortions.

Clearly by throwing hypocrisy over should give credence to the fact that the right turns a blind eye to those actions which they condemn here....

 

[whitehall]

Why don't hypocrite progs support Israel?

whitehall

Glad to see you supporting women's right to abortion but please link to and name [sic] "progs" who don't support Israel.

A woman's "right" to hire someone to kill her unborn child in Israel is not a political issue in the United States. The fact that the progs would bring up this issue as a right wing political issue is an indication that they do not support Israel's right to exist and they apparently think right wingers should abandon Israel because they use taxpayer funds to pay for abortions.

Clearly by throwing hypocrisy over should give credence to the fact that the right turns a blind eye to those actions which they condemn here....

"The Right" has enough problems in this Country without dealing with Israel's state funding of abortions. The fact that progs think it's a political issue that the "right" should deal with Israel's abortion vote is a freaking caution sign that the progs are looking for anti-Israel comrades. It's ironic that the radical left supports most Muslem issues but the first thing on the Muslem extermination list would be the American radical left that supports abortion and sodomy.

 

[NYcarbineer]

Pro-Israel derangement syndrome is quite a fascinating spectacle to witness.

 

[Moonglow]

Why don't hypocrite progs support Israel?

whitehall

Glad to see you supporting women's right to abortion but please link to and name [sic] "progs" who don't support Israel.

A woman's "right" to hire someone to kill her unborn child in Israel is not a political issue in the United States. The fact that the progs would bring up this issue as a right wing political issue is an indication that they do not support Israel's right to exist and they apparently think right wingers should abandon Israel because they use taxpayer funds to pay for abortions.

Clearly by throwing hypocrisy over should give credence to the fact that the right turns a blind eye to those actions which they condemn here....

"The Right" has enough problems in this Country without dealing with Israel's state funding of abortions. The fact that progs think it's a political issue that the "right" should deal with Israel's abortion vote is a freaking caution sign that the progs are looking for anti-Israel comrades. It's ironic that the radical left supports most Muslem issues but the first thing on the Muslem extermination list would be the American radical left that supports abortion and sodomy.

The Log Cabiners are GOP members and the RNC has already recognized them and stands with them on their issue...