Goodbye Global Gag Rule!
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 heard this on the news – brilliant! Go Obama!
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 do agree with skyewriter obama is a great personality and a revolutionary background in his upbringing
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.
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 policy restricts foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that receive U.S. family planning funds from using their own, non-U.S. funds to provide legal abortion services, lobby their own governments for abortion law reform, or even provide accurate medical counseling or referrals regarding abortion. so ..
There is no evidence that it has reduced the incidence of abortion globally. On the contrary, it impedes the very services that help women avoid unwanted pregnancy from the start.
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.
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 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 pray the man does not loose steam. I am absolutely amazed at what he has accomplished in the few days he has served.
In the early days of his administration, Obama wisely tried not to wade too deeply into sharp divisions on ideological issues. He has, however, done a few targeted things that set a different tone, such as suspending trials at Guantánamo. Keeping a campaign promise to women's groups, he quells the gag rule.
The new president is also expected to lift a so-called global gag rule barring international family planning groups that receive U.S. aid from counseling women about the availability of abortion, even in countries where the procedure is legal, said Cecile Richards, the president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
I do agree, obama is a great personality and a revolutionary background in his upbringing. i just want to say that carry on Obama..
Great post. Thank you..
i do agree with skyewriter obama is a great personality and a revolutionary background in his upbringing
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.
Our hopes are with obama. we are glad to elect obama as a president.
Bush did care about the women…that's why abortion should remain illegal!!! I am hurting from an abortion and I baby that I can never have back…does that even matter to you? Are you blind???? Abortion hurts women and babies!
Obama did great job. I like all strategy of Obama
I am agree with you
Very nice news. Obama is changing the world!
Very nice news. Obama is changing the world!