Goodbye Global Gag Rule!

Sorted under politics, reproductive rights on January 24, 2009

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. But, as we all know, the Bush administration did not care about the lives of women, just their unborn fetuses.

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 gives women the opportunity to really think for themselves and make responsible decisions about their own lives and bodies.



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  • I pray the man does not loose steam. I am absolutely amazed at what he has accomplished in the few days he has served.
  • I don't know why, but the more I read and hear about Obama and about all the great things he did, does and will do, the more I'm afraid of him.

    is he new Messiah or what?

    btw: I'm from Europe
  • I guess your new President is going to be a bit more democratic in the beginnings. But expectations from him have soared so high that if he falls short , many disappointments will surface sooner than you think. President Bush had his own ways of doing things. Comparing the two is however unfair. Obama has got somebody before him whom is trying best to deviate from to win popular confidence. In time to come he will have to toe the line that goes with the office of the President. Keeping everyone happy as much as possible.

    And honestly he will not be different from many earlier Presidents. His speeches were good. The job is much tougher. Wish him all the very best though
  • I just wanted to give this news item its own post, because - woo hoo! The Global Gag Rule, which was reinstated by President Bush on his first day in office, prohibits any international organization that receives U.S. funds from counseling women on abortion as an option, providing referrals, or discussing the dangers of unsafe abortions - even if the organization uses its own money to do so.
  • From outside of the US we can see your president as a revolutionary one.
    As long as he takes good decisions I will say 'Go Obama go!'
  • This is fabulous news! Like abstinence only sex education doesn't stop teens from having sex, the global gag rule didn't stop anyone from getting a abortion. It's a relief to finally have a president who is intelligent enough to realize this, and cares about representing ALL of us.
  • i do agree with skyewriter obama is a great personality and a revolutionary background in his upbringing
  • Yeah! We have a president who is an enlightened, intelligent, bona fide grown-up, with a heart and soul and everything!

    It's about effing time!
  • I heard this on the news - brilliant! Go Obama!
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