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Being Pro-Choice is About Much More Than Just the Right to Abortion Care
by Danielle Zielinski, Population Action International
January 23, 2012 - 4:04pm (Print)
Abortion is far from the only choice a woman makes about her reproductive health. And if you really think about it, why wait to defend those reproductive health choices until she is at the door of an abortion clinic?
The Onerous Toll of the Helms Amendment and What Obama Can Do To Change It
by Jessica Mack
January 17, 2012 - 10:23pm (Print)
As we celebrate the nearing anniversary of Roe v. Wade and President Obama's repeal of the global gag rule another matter deserves our attention: the Helms Amendment is still alive and well. The president has it within his power to lessen the toll on women. Will he do so?
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Senate Committee Passes Appropriations Bill Permanently Banning Global Gag Rule
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
September 21, 2011 - 5:55pm (Print)
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Today, the Senate Appropriations Committee adopted an amendment to the FY 2012 State Department and foreign operations appropriations bill introduced by Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) that, if signed into law, would block re-imposition of the Global Gag Rule.
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Bill Permanently Overturning the Global Gag Rule Introduced in Senate
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
September 21, 2011 - 1:30pm (Print)
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A bill that would permanently repeal the Global Gag Rule was reintroduced last night in the Senate.
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Making U.S. Foreign Assistance Work for Women and Girls in Ethiopia (Means No Global Gag Rule)
On July 5-9, 2010, three U.S. state legislators traveled with CHANGE to Ethiopia to better understand the role of U.S. foreign assistance in sexual and reproductive health care, including contraception. This video documents the findings and recommendations, aimed at improving the effectiveness of U.S. foreign assistance to advance the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and girls in Ethiopia. All of these findings/recommendations indicate that a reinstatement of the Global Gag Rule would be catastrophic for women's health - and the economic statuses of all persons - worldwide, and especially in poverty-stricken nations such as Ethiopia and Kenya. The full-length video can be found at http://bit.ly/eqYrgi
What Does US Policy Have to Do With Child Brides and Drought in Kenya?
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
August 5, 2011 - 9:16pm (Print)
Years of misguided U.S. policy such as the Global Gag Rule have contributed to today's crisis in Kenya.
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Healthy Women Are Essential to Advancing U.S. Foreign Policy Agenda
by Tamara Kreinin, United Nations Foundation
July 27, 2011 - 3:40pm (Print)
By voting to reduce funding for international reproductive health and family planning activities, eliminate funding for the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), and reinstate the Global Gag Rule, the House threatens to turn back the clock on women’s health and has taken its disturbing war on women to a global stage.
Democrats Seek Permanent Repeal of Global Gag Rule; GOP Seeks to Enshrine it in Law
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
July 27, 2011 - 8:49am (Print)
This week, Democrat Nita Lowey introduced the Global Democracy Promotion Act, intended to permanently repeal the Global Gag Rule, while the House GOP/Tea Party majority is using every means possible to enshrine it permanently into law.
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House Committee Votes to Reinstate Global Gag Rule (Again) and Other Misogynistic Amendments
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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House Republicans Attempt a Return of the Global Gag Rule
by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check
July 21, 2011 - 2:15pm (Print)
Apparently two years is too long to be ungagged.
