White House Places Pro-Family Groups on Delegations

WASHINGTON POST, May 17 — President George W. Bush has begun marking U.S. delegations to international conferences with his administration's stamp, replacing pro-abortion groups with pro-life and family advocates, the Washington daily reported.

Groups like the American Public Health Association, the American Medical Association and the American Nurses Association were snubbed in favor of the Family Research Council and the National Law Center for Children and Families. Delegates also include a lobbyist for International Right to Life, senior health care officials, and Bush friends in the health care field.

Former President Bill Clinton's delegation to the 1999 U.N. General Assembly Special Session on Population included strongly pro-abortion voices like Planned Parenthood.

Don't Stigmatize Working Moms, Says Pro-Family Expert

NEW YORK POST, May 16 — Syndicated columnist Maggie Gallagher decried attempts to stigmatize working mothers in the wake of a study that showed children in long-term day care were more aggressive and more cruel than children raised by their mothers.

Gallagher, co-author of the recent book The Case for Marriage: Why Married People Are Happier, Healthier, and Better Off Financially, agreed that day care, especially for young children, has major problems, and that “Public policy has tilted far too heavily in favor of subsidizing day care at the expense of family care.”

But Gallagher pointed out the complex reasons mothers enter the workforce: circumstances such as single motherhood, a husband's low wages, a husband's alcoholism, or unexpected medical needs. She concluded that “behaviors whose immorality depends on complex judgment calls about circumstances are not good candidates for stigmatization.”

Pro-Abortion Foundation's Media Influence

POYNTER REPORT, May 21 — The Kaiser Foundation, a pro-abortion health care foundation, has greatly influenced television shows with its decade-long media campaign, the media news journal reported. The foundation originally confined itself to making grants for medical research and related causes. But in the 1990s, the foundation changed to focus on the media and shaping public policy.

Kaiser works closely with the top-rated television drama “ER,” influencing storylines. A Kaiser study found that a 1997 “ER” episode featuring the “morning-after” use of birth control pills “dramatically raised awareness” of the pills’ abortifacient use. The foundation also promotes depictions of contraception on shows like “Felicity.”

Focus on Marriage, D.C. Delegate Tells Essence

WASHINGTON TIMES, May 16 — District of Columbia Congressional Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton's interview with Essence included courageous words on marriage, the Washington daily reported.

When the national black magazine asked Norton what elected officials should do about black children in poverty, Norton replied, “I'm not going to give you the politician's answer.” Instead, she blamed the “disappearance of marriage” in large segments of the black community. “We've got to talk about marriage again,” Norton said. “We've got to make it fashionable.”