WikiLeaks cable: US government considered grants for Mexican pro-abortion groups

A leaked State Department cable shows the U.S. government has considered granting money to pro-abortion groups in Mexico. The Feb. 22, 2010, cable from the U.S. Embassy to Mexico was published by WikiLeaks and lists four grant applications for the small grants initiative of the U.S. Secretary of State’s Office of Global Women’s Issues.Critics warned that the grants would fund “radical” organizations seeking to change Mexican society and legalize abortion under the guise of combating violence against women. U.S. funding would strengthen organizations that are “far outside the mainstream of Mexican and Latin American society in general,” said Joseph Meaney, director of international coordination at Human Life International, on March 18. “It is clearly aimed at changing their culture in a more liberal direction through outside funding.” CNA