Six Years of the Global Gag Rule

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"Six Years of the Global Gag Rule have Weakened Women's Access to Reproductive Health Care

In January, 2001, during his first full day in office, President Bush reinstated the Global Gag Rule, also known at the Mexico City Policy. Implemented by the Reagan administration in 1984 and later overturned by President Clinton, this repressive anti-woman policy prohibits U.S. funding to international family planning organizations that:

provide abortion counseling or services,
disseminate information about abortion,
offer referrals to abortion providers, or
lobby for abortion law reform within their own countries."

"Action Needed;
Representatives Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.) and Chris Shays (R-Conn.) reintroduced the Global Democracy Promotion Act in the House, and Senators Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) in the Senate. The bill would repeal the Global Gag Rule altogether and provide essential funds for international family planning programs. If passed, the legislation would prohibit the denial of U.S. funds to overseas organizations based on the medical services they offer, including counseling and referrals."


There is a petition to sign if interested. This rule hurt women with other health issues besides pregnancy, one in particularly was heinous, young women in Africa who developed vaginal-rectal fistula from early or multiple births were no longer able to get care under this rule. They were shunned in their villages. I'll look for more information on that, I don't have a link right now. This rule has far-reaching and disgusting ramifications. In fact, one doesn't have to look much farther to see how anti-life these forced birthers truly are.

http://www.now.org/issues/abortion/071907gagrule.html