[thechat] True justice
Paul Cowan
evolt at funkwit.com
Thu Jan 16 17:11:00 CST 2003
Madhu wrote:
> From the "Women? Who cares about them?" department:
From the same department:
http://theage.com.au/articles/2003/01/16/1042520724084.html
On his first day in office two years ago, President Bush
reimposed the "global gag" rule (first instituted by Ronald
Reagan, then lifted by Bill Clinton) that bars any aid
agency receiving American money if, as part of its services,
it would tell women where they can get an abortion, even in
countries where abortion is legal. Last year the US announced
it would no longer support an international agreement on
population control unless the terms "reproductive rights" and
"reproductive health services" were removed from it. At a
recent UN special session on children, American delegates
opposed measures to help girls who had been raped in war,
because of their concern that such assistance might
include advice about emergency contraception or abortion.
The US has continued to decline to ratify a UN convention
designed to end all practices that discriminate against women.
Paul.
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