House Foreign Affairs Committee

House Committee Votes to Reinstate Global Gag Rule (Again) and Other Misogynistic Amendments

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by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

July 21, 2011 - 8:18pm (Print)

Just weeks after publication of a major report underscoring the benefits of robust U.S. investment in family planning worldwide, the GOP-controlled House Foreign Affairs Committee voted in the early hours of the morning today to reinstate the Global Gag Rule with broader and more damaging implications than ever before.

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Chris Smith Prays for Obama. I Am Praying for Smith.

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by Kathleen Reeves, RH Reality Check

February 1, 2010 - 7:00am (Print)

Chris Smith is obsessed with abortion, and with thwarting women's rights. Smith, whose top campaign contributor is Right to Life’s PAC, has made it his mission to make both contraception and safe abortion inaccessible here and abroad.

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