Janeane Garofalo just said that Bush caused the deaths of 80,000

[Eric J in MN]

women by cutting funds to worldwide family planning clinics.

That is a serious charge.

Is that accurate?

[devilgrrl]

1. "Is that accurate?"

Probably.

[hlthe2b]

5. statistical estimates, but defensible....

[maveric]

2. Where'd she get that number?

[Eric J in MN]

10. She didn't say where she got the figure (nt)

nt

[freetobegay]

3. Not accurate at all!

The number is much higher.

[7th_Sephiroth]

4. bush basically told african aids clinics

dont even mention condoms or we cut your funding

[da_chimperor]

6. Heartless is nowhere near strong enough

I'd say genocidal.

[7th_Sephiroth]

9. yeah, whats bush care about africans

just filthy n*ggers in his eyes

[Mel]

16. that and

the fact that Africa is rich with resources that the corportistas want hell more dead Africans means less to fight off the corportistas when they go in to steal their resources.

[7th_Sephiroth]

17. not while diamonds are still expensive

diamonds are a free ride for african terrorists, they have slaves mine them and they sell the for outrageous sums of money, they dont want corporations in there and they will fight (visciously) any corp that tries to take over

[Mel]

19. what about the oil?

I do believe a big part of the reason the *Bush WH doesn't want to really help the people of Africa when it comes to health care/AIDS is because the more Africans that die the easier it is for them to get their resources. Weak and dying people can't fight and Yes I do believe this WH is that cruel and stupid.

[jean]

8. as I recall, that was almost the first thing he did after the inauguration

[da_chimperor]

12. To think about how much we're spending on weapons

and how little we're spending on helping the rest of the world makes me sick. You win hearts and minds by helping people. You lose them when you drop bombs. I've heard a figure somewhere around 50 or 60 billion can provide clean drinking water for everyone in the world that doesn't have it. What better way of making everyone love us?

If we had avoided gulf war II, we could have paid for it and everyone would adore us. Sure, it's alot of money, but over a decade is it really THAT much?

[Eric J in MN]

14. yes, she said it was one of the first things Bush did (nt)

nt

[LiberalBushFan]

7. "worldwide"

oh, just dark women, thought you meant good Christian child-bearin Amurican women.

Anyhow think how many fetuses may have been saved.

[fdr_hst_fan]

11. Just more slaves for

the non-elected idiot!

[kayell]

13. I think this is where that figure comes from

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/7/17/185327/245

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2872/is_2_27/ai_75099771
More than 80,000 women die from unsafe and illegal abortions annually, according to the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy. The World Health Organization said that number could be as high as 400,000. 'If Bush's decision eliminates or weakens programs among the poorest, there will be more unplanned pregnancies, and in the real world more - not fewer - unsafe abortions,' according to the Pacific News Service."

[Eric J in MN]

15. Thanks (nt)

nt

[Eric J in MN]

18. If 80,000 women per year were dying from unsafe

abortions BEFORE Bush enacted the global gag rule, that doesn't indicate how many are dying from unsafe abortions now.