PRESIDENT BUSH MAKES FIRST DECISION AGAINST ABORTION

Washington, 23 (NE) In his first day in office, President George W. Bush made his first decision against abortion, cutting funding to international abortion groups. The President issued an executive order on Monday, ordering that funding for international population control groups that provide or advocate abortion be cut. The decision reversed actions by former president Clinton and reinstated limitations on U.S. aid that his father and former President Reagan had imposed. The order came as tens of thousands of pro-lifers marched in Washington to mark the 28th anniversary of the US Supreme Court Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion on demand. In a statement to the anti-abortion marchers marking the anniversary of the court ruling, Bush said, "We share a great goal, to work toward a day when every child is welcomed in life and protected in law to build a culture of life, affirming that every person at every stage and season of life, is created equal in God's image."

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