Right: a United States cartoonist takes aim at the former Bush administration's attitude to abortion, linking its stand to pressure from the Christian lobbyweb links and documents
Make a Stand is an Internet site of the Australian Christian Lobby. It supplies a Christian perspective on a range of popular issues.Following President Obama's decision to allow United States aid to fund abortions in the developing world, Make a Stand published an opinion piece criticising the United States' decision and arguing that Australia not alter its aid policy. The piece title, 'Aid, not abortion' can be found at http://www.makeastand.org.au/campaign/index.stw?campaign_id=17
newmatilda.com is an independent Australian website of news, analysis and satire. newmatilda.com aims to provide non-partisan information. It has no association with any political party or media organisation.
On January 27, 2009, newmatilda.com published an opinion piece titled, 'Australia's Abortion Gag'. The comment was written by Ruby Murray after President Obama removed the ban on United States' aid being used to fund abortion. Murray supports Obama's policy decision and criticises the Australian Government for having failed to behave similarly to this point. The commentary can be found at http://newmatilda.com/2009/01/27/australias-abortion-gag
Marie Stopes International was established in London in 1976, and grew out of the organisation originally set up by Dr Marie Stopes - the family planning pioneer who opened the UK's first family planning clinic in 1921.
On January 28, 2009, Marie Stopes International Australia issued a media release calling on the Australian government to follow the lead of President Obama's administration and allow aid for abortion services. The full text of the media release can be found at http://www.mariestopes.org.au/cms/abortion-aid.html
On February 5, 2009, The Australian Christian Lobby issued a media release urging the Australian Government to retain its ban on AusAID funding abortions in developing nations. The full text of the release can be found at http://www.acl.org.au/pdfs/load_pdf_public.pdf?pdf_id=1253&from=
On February 16, 2009, the Australian Labor Party's women's rights group, Emily's List, lobbied the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, urging him to allow Australian foreign aid to be used to fund abortions. The group issued a media release outlining its arguments. The media release can be found at http://www.emilyslist.org.au/news/editorial.asp?id=263
On March 11, 2009, The Christian Today Internet site published a news report titled, 'Australia follows Obama in lifting ban on overseas abortion funding', and written by Jenna Lyle. The report presents the decision without bias, quoting a range of views on the policy change.
The report can be read at http://www.christiantoday.com/article/australia.follows.obama.in.lifting.ban.on.overseas.abortion.funding/22747.htm
On March 11, 2009, the Catholic Internet news site, CathNews, published a report outlining the opposition of the Catholic aid agency Caritas to the change in AusAID policy. The article titled, 'Caritas slams abortion aid decision' can be found at http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=12297
The New York-based Guttmacher Institute has assembled world-wide research findings on induced abortion. This includes incidence, locations, morality rates and legality. This information can be found at http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/fb_IAW.html