Barack Obama quietly overturned the so-called “gag rule” on Friday, announcing it at 7 pm so as to limit the press coverage of the event. This action now allows federal funding to overseas groups who provide “family planning” services that include abortion. His statement that he released with the announcement said that abortion will promote “global economic development”.

Over the weekend, Nancy Pelosi said that we need birth control (including abortion) to improve our economy here in the USA.

Meanwhile, Japanese corporations are giving their workers more time off so they can “multiply”. The reason? To improve their economy. Japan is in the midst of a long recession with an aging population, and they are not replacing themselves fast enough. At one time, Japan had the same mentality of Nancy Pelosi. Can we be so near-sighted that we can’t see correlations to our own situation?

Are we going to have to go through the same process that Japan is trying to come out of, in order to learn the lessons that Japan is now trying to correct?

Families strengthen our country. Liberals have always targeted the nuclear family, knowing it was the primary thing keeping them from achieving their goals of creating a dependent society. Barack Obama did not win election based on his abortion policy. Indeed, it was hardly mentioned. Hopefully Americans will speak up on this vital issue, not just of abortion, but of the attitude about children and families that treats them as the scourge of society that must be contained.

*UPDATE*
John Harris has similar thoughts.