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President Bush confirmed at a White House lunch for GOP congressional leaders Monday that as one of his first acts as president he will reinstate the so-called global gag rule, which blocks U.S. funds being given to international family-planning groups that offer abortion and abortion counseling. "Yes, I will," Bush told reporters who asked if he would issue an executive order. When can it be expected? "Soon," Bush replied. The announcement was expected later in the day, which is the 28th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion...
...leaders of family planning organizations reacted with predictable fury. "President Bush is starting out on a very bad foot," said New York House Democrat Carolyn Maloney. "Every day, at least 1,600 women and girls die from the complications of pregnancy and childbirth. Bush's decision to impose a gag rule is a pure legislative ambush, and the victims of this ambush are the world's poorest women and girls." And Gloria Feldt, president of Planned Parenthood, was equally vociferous: "It is evidence of the hard-line agenda on reproductive health and rights that the Bush administration will undoubtedly take...
...global gag rule bars foreign governments and multilateral organizations from receiving U.S. family planning funds if they provide abortion services or engage in any lobbying on abortion issues. It prevents organizations, such as women's health clinics and AIDS awareness groups, from discussing abortion in any form. Many pro-choice activists insist the issue is one of free speech as well as funding. The policy, originally called the Mexico City provision, was named for a population conference in 1984 where the U.S. first outlined what would become policy in both the Ronald Reagan and George Bush administrations. Bill Clinton lifted...
...officials at pro-choice organizations tell TIME that one of George W. Bush's first acts as president will be to issue an executive order to reinstate the so-called "global gag rule," the controversial measure that prevents international agencies that receive U.S. government funds from providing abortion services abroad, or even talking about abortion. "We know it is coming, and we are braced for it," says Gloria Feldt, president of Planned Parenthood. Other sources say the action, which pro-life groups have been urging ever since President Clinton suspended the practice early in his first term, could come...
...Bill Clinton's first acts as president was to issue an executive order to lift the gag rule, which had been in place since 1984. "What a difference an election makes," Feldt says. "Bush is sweeping back into town ready to slap those restrictions right back on. It will be his first move. If anybody ever wondered if their vote was important, you can see it right here...