I've got to hand it to Rep. Fortenberry (R-NE). I thought the questions he asked Secretary of State Clinton were beautifully posed and pertinent, and done respectfully. To me, it's hideous to hear a women support "choice" when they know full well they are supporting the killing of babies. 5 1/2 minute video here.
Update 4/23/09 - The Family Research Council issued the following press release: (my bolding)
Washington, D.C. - Today in a House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing
on foreign policy priorities in the Obama Administration, U.S. Rep.
Chris Smith (R-N.J.) asked Secretary Clinton if the Obama
Administration is working to overturn other countries pro-life laws and
if the administration sees "reproductive rights" and "reproductive
health" as including abortion.
Secretary Clinton's answered the
latter question by stating, "We happen to think that family planning is
an important part of women's health and reproductive health includes
access to abortion. . . . We are now an administration that will
protect the rights of women, including their rights to reproductive
health care"
"It is clear from this statement that the Obama
Administration is working to overturn other countries' pro-life laws,"
said FRC-Action Senior Vice-President Tom McCluskey. "Secretary Clinton
said that Rep. Smith is free to push his belief in pro-life policies in
other countries, and that 'we' - evidently referring to the Obama
Administration - are free to do the same.
"It is appalling but
not surprising that this Administration has a total lack of respect for
life. Discontent to pro-life protections in our own country, they feel
strangely compelled to export a pro-abortion agenda overseas, using
taxpayer dollars to do so.
"If Secretary Clinton is to be believed, this appears to be the Obama Administration's foreign policy. To push their imperialistic commitment to abortion on demand on countries who oppose their agenda of death is their goal, and they are intent upon doing so. At least they are candid about it. And at least now the American people know, without any doubt, where the Administration stands," McClusky concluded.