[thechat] True justice

[Paul Cowan]

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.