The Global Gag Rule has Been Repealed
President Barack Obama’s list of Bush administration reversals have been all over the news lately and the Obama administration has wasted no time making the changes that were promised to all of us doing the 2008 presidential campaign.
The Global Gag Rule, which was reinstated by President Bush his first day in office, prohibits any organization that receives US funds from counseling women on abortion as an option to an unwanted pregnancy has been overturned. The Global Gag rule also prohibited providing referrals or discussing the dangers of unsafe abortions. The impact of the Global Gag Rules has been deadly for women all over the world, given that approximately 70,000 women die each and every year from unsafe or illegal abortions. This number could be lowered significantly just by giving women the access to information that they desperately need and thus reduce the need and the number of abortions performed in this country.
This is hopefully the first in a long series of positive changes for our government and for women in this country. It is so very important and mind blowing, really, to have a president that represents responsible leadership and has a plan for reducing the need for abortion in this country by looking into preventative health care services.
Satin Panties on Mon, 26th Jan 2009 7:34 pm
Wow. Didn’t take long at all. This is going to be a whole new climate. For the last 8 years its been a Rep President and Republican congress. Now its just the opposite. Democrat everything. This should be every interesting to see. I think they are starting small with things that aren’t too big and then will raise taxes later.
As for abortion, well, as long as you have 100s of shows promoting teens and young people to have casual sex you are going to have unwanted pregnancies and in this instant gratification society you are going to have people who don’t want the responsibility of those pregnancies so you are going to have abortions.
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