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UNFPA Latest Victim of House Republican War on Women
October 7, 2011 - 5:00pm (Print)
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Republicans voted eleven separate times this week to block funding for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). That's right, eleven separate times in the span of just three hours.
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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House GOP Renews Misguided Effort to Defund UNFPA, Risking the Lives of Millions of Women
by Valerie DeFillipo, Americans for UNFPA
August 27, 2011 - 4:50pm (Print)
On the heels of Vice President Biden’s recent trip to China, the leadership of the House of Representatives issued a misguided ultimatum to President Obama: defund UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, or else.
Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin of UNFPA writes about Population in Science Magazine
reader diary by Jane Roberts, 34 Million Friends of UNFPA
August 10, 2011 - 9:51pm (Print)
The cover story of the July 29, 2011 issue of Science Magazine is Population. We learn that in 1900 there were 1.6 billion human beings, 3 billion in 1960, and that the world will reach the benchmark of 7 billion this year.
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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GOP Salivates at Prospect of Cutting Funds for World's Poorest Women
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
May 27, 2011 - 10:39am (Print)
The Republican/Tea Party majorities in the House of Representatives are, literally, salivating at the prospect of cutting aid to the world's poorest women.
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New Baby Boomers Shake Up the World: Will Women’s Rights Prevail?
by John Seager, Population Connection
March 17, 2011 - 1:59pm (Print)
A huge generation is coming of age as a result of high fertility rates in Arab nations and elsewhere. How will this affect women's rights?
Why the U.S. Should Address Obstetric Fistula and How
by Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Congress
March 7, 2011 - 9:14pm (Print)
Pregnancy shouldn’t leave a woman with a disability and ostracized from her community. And Congress should ensure investments for the more than two million women worldwide that have obstetric fistula.
(VIDEO) GOP War on Women Goes Global
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
March 1, 2011 - 6:20pm (Print)
The GOP war on women has gone global. Hidden within the Continuing Resolution (CR) passed by the House of Representatives are another set of drastic cuts and policy changes that would most severely affect women living in poverty and the children that depend on them. Cong. Russ Carnahan and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speak out against these cuts.
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