Post by Bret Walker on Jul 9, 2003 16:33:45 GMT -5
CALL NOW: Urge Your Senators to Support the Boxer Amendment to Repeal the Global Gag Rule
The following is an alert from Million4Roe.com.
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Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Ca) will be offering an amendment to foreign
assistance legislation today (July 9) to overturn the global gag rule.
Please Call your Senators NOW and urge them to support the Boxer Amendment
to repeal the global gag rule.
On Bush's third day in office, he reinstated the global gag rule--
originally enacted by President Reagan in 1984 and repealed by President
Clinton eight years later-? which prohibits funding of any overseas
programs that provide abortion services, referrals or counseling or who
participate in lobbying and public education efforts to reverse their own
country?s restrictive abortion policies.
The global gag rule has already had a huge damaging effect, particularly
in the developing world. Nearly 80,000 women die each year due to botched
abortions, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In Peru,
Colombia, and Nepal, unsafe abortions account for the majority of
pregnancy-related deaths.
Please Call Your Senators NOW! The US Capitol Switchboard is
202-224-3121.
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Join the Feminist Majority today to support this important work:
radlib.com/ff/join.html
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The following is an alert from Million4Roe.com.
---
Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Ca) will be offering an amendment to foreign
assistance legislation today (July 9) to overturn the global gag rule.
Please Call your Senators NOW and urge them to support the Boxer Amendment
to repeal the global gag rule.
On Bush's third day in office, he reinstated the global gag rule--
originally enacted by President Reagan in 1984 and repealed by President
Clinton eight years later-? which prohibits funding of any overseas
programs that provide abortion services, referrals or counseling or who
participate in lobbying and public education efforts to reverse their own
country?s restrictive abortion policies.
The global gag rule has already had a huge damaging effect, particularly
in the developing world. Nearly 80,000 women die each year due to botched
abortions, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In Peru,
Colombia, and Nepal, unsafe abortions account for the majority of
pregnancy-related deaths.
Please Call Your Senators NOW! The US Capitol Switchboard is
202-224-3121.
....................................
Join the Feminist Majority today to support this important work:
radlib.com/ff/join.html
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