Bushs' homies protest birth control for Iraq

For months, the State Department has been planning the reconstruction of Iraq. Included in that effort is the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), a government agency that has, in the past, taken a very liberal approach to "helping" nations.

Steve Mosher, head of the Population Research Institute, is especially wary of USAID and its liberal approach towards the issues of condom use and abortion.

"As soon as the dust settles after the conflict, (USAID will) be sending in the condom pushers and the sex educators," Mosher said. "There is the view at USAID that we need to remake these societies in the image of Hollywood or in the image of Manhattan. (That) we need to attack the patriarchal family."

USAID told Family News in Focus that their priority will be to provide basic health services to the Iraqi people, and those services will not include condom distribution. However, the fact that USAID has pushed its pro-condom and pro-abortion views in other countries has many conservative pro-family organizations thinking Iraq will be the next victim.

Leslie Unruh, president of the Abstinence Clearinghouse, agrees with Mosher that pro-family advocates must keep an eye on USAID.

"We need to be on the offense, not the defense," Unruh said.