Obama's out already trying to say Biden "misspoke"...that's the key phrase of this Administration and the Democrats....Biden and this Administration has no respect for life and that's obvious....and little respect for Human Rights around the world obviously...
Obama administration attempts to clarify Biden’s one-child policy comments
Published: Updated: 4:49 PM 08/23/2011 By Caroline May
In the wake of an onslaught of criticism for Vice President Joe Biden’s comments in China about “not second guessing” the country’s one-child policy, the Obama administration has issued a statement of clarification.
“The Obama Administration strongly opposes all aspects of China’s coercive birth limitation policies, including forced abortion and sterilization,” Biden’s spokeswoman Kendra Barkoff told The Daily Caller in an email. “The Vice President believes such practices are repugnant.”
Barkoff explained that Biden was attempting to critique the restrictive system with his comments.
“He also pointed out, in China, that the policy is, as a practical matter, unsustainable,” Barkoff added. “He was arguing against the One Child Policy to a Chinese audience. ”
Biden came under fire for comments he made during appearance at Sichuan University in Chengdu, China, in which he said that he would “not second-guess” the nation’s one-child policy. That policy has resulted in sterilizations and abortions on a large scale.
Republicans and pro-life advocates hit Biden hard for his words. (RELATED: Romney expresses horror at one-child policy comments by Biden)
“China’s one child policy has led to the great human tragedy of forced abortions throughout China, and Vice President Biden’s refusal to ‘second-guess’ this horrendous policy demonstrates great moral indifference on the part of the Obama Administration,” said Rick Perry, the Texas Governor and Republican presidential candidate. “Americans value life, and we deserve leaders who will stand up against such inhumanity, not cast a blind eye.”
House Speaker John Boehner and presidential candidate Mitt Romney also joined the chorus of opposition.
“I’m deeply troubled by the comments reportedly made by the Vice President yesterday regarding China’s reprehensible one-child policy, which has resulted in forced sterilizations and coerced abortions and should not be condoned by any American official,” said Boehner. “No government on Earth has the authority to place quotas on the value of innocent human life, or to treat life as an economic commodity that can be regulated and taken away on a whim by the state.”
“China’s one-child policy is gruesome and barbaric,” Romney said. “Vice President Biden’s acquiescence to such a policy should shock the conscience of every American.”
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