BlogHer's New Bandwagon

BlogHer has a new "Act" widget to support women and children internationally. The hope is to save lives, reunite families, provide desperately needed food and health care, among other things. I have some questions, so I tried to post the following in comments but then had that stupid 255 character limit rear its ugly head. Here's what I wanted to post:

"This sounds great, extremely worthy of BlogHer!

I'm grabbing the widget, but wonder two specific things. I'm wondering whether the women's health care available in any given country is able to provide birth control in any meaningful way, and I'm wondering what the general attitude and practice is among the providers in the various countries about abortion. My readers/potential patrons will want answers, one way or another, and I don't want to leave them hanging.

Their judgment calls are their own, I just want clarity so they can decide for themselves as I have readers on both sides of the fence regarding abortion, not to mention those firmly stuck on it!

I'm also wondering if any of the organizations being supported are specifically political in nature, or in support of, or being supported by, political organizations, and which ones they are, and what their mission statements propose. Again, this could be an important factor regarding donations. Transparency is most desirable.

On top of that, I'm willing to say I have some potential donors who would have questions about vaccinations, AIDS treatments, religious involvements.

Basically, this sounds terrific, and really straightforward, but at the same time people want to know specifics about what they are supporting with their dollars, blogs, etc.

Perhaps there could be a list of supported organizations, with either associated websites, or more information based on the organizers understanding and statements made by the benefiting entities, within BlogHer. That would be really helpful and good to see.

I have only mild misgivings about posting these questions. They are greatly outweighed by the need for more information, for myself and my readers."

Well.

I only hit one acronym. I hadn't even mentioned LGBT issues, or FGM (which I read cringing and with my legs crossed). But it didn't matter in the end, because of the character limit.

Ultimately I had to post this: "Cool! I'm grabbing the widget, but have questions. My readers will want answers re: religion, politics, abortion, AIDS, vaccinations, etc. A list of supported organizations with descriptive info would help."

That's awfully succinct for a Sunday morning.

UPDATE: The Global Giving website has much more information, but I still don't know which organizations BlogHer has chosen among the options. I'll keep you posted.