Wide Range of Health Care Set to Resume With Reversal of Federal Policy
Media Source: Hewlett Foundation
April 17, 2009
Chances are that few of the 300,000 people in Nairobi's Mathare Valley had ever heard of the Mexico City Policy. These residents of one of Africa's worst slums just knew that the only clinic providing them with malaria treatments, child checkups, and immunizations had shut its doors for lack of funding.
Work In Progress: Commission on Population and Development
Media Source: Media Newsire
March 26, 2009
The Commission on Population and Development met to conclude its general debate on national experiences in population matters: contribution of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development to the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals.
America Abortion Debate Reaches into African Slums
Media Source: Associated Press
January 31, 2009
Aid workers and experts say President Barack Obama's decision to allow aid money to flow again to international groups that offer abortion counseling will help restart programs desperately needed in Africa, the continent hardest hit by a so-called "gag rule."
The "Abortion Reduction" Agenda
Media Source: National Public Radio
January 27, 2009
(PAI CEO Amy Coen on the Kojo Nnamdi Show)
Last week, President Barack Obama issued an executive order ending the "Global Gag Rule"- also known as the "Mexico City Policy". But some activists see opportunity to get past hardened battle lines over abortion.
Obama Issues Executive Order Reversing GOP Abortion Policy
Media Source: CNN
January 23, 2009
President Barack Obama will issue an executive order Friday afternoon reversing a controversial abortion policy from the past three Republican administrations, a senior administration official said.
Obama Lifts 'Gag Rule' on Family-Planning Groups
Media Source: Wall Street Journal
January 23, 2009
President Barack Obama quietly overturned the "global gag rule" Friday, allowing U.S. foreign-aid dollars to flow again to international family-planning programs that offer abortion or advocate for abortion rights.
Obama Reverses Rules on U.S. Abortion Aid
Media Source: New York Times
January 23, 2009
WASHINGTON - President Obama repealed rules on Friday that restricted federal money for international organizations that promote or provide abortions overseas, sweeping aside a pillar of the social policy architecture of George W. Bush's presidency.
Obama to Reverse Abortion Policy
Media Source: Associated Press
January 23, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama plans to sign an executive order ending the ban on federal funds for international groups that promote or perform abortions, officials told The Associated Press on Friday. Read more.
Beyond the Global Gag Rule: "The World Has Changed and We Must Change With It"
Media Source: RH Reality Check
January 22, 2009
In Kenya, homeland of President Obama's father and paternal grandparents, abortion is illegal except in very limited circumstances. More than 40 percent of births are unplanned according to the Guttmacher Institute, and one-fourth of all married women want to space or limit births but have no access to contraceptives. Read more.
On Roe v. Wade's Anniversary, Obama to Begin Mopping Up Bush's Misogynistic Mess
Media Source: AlterNet
January 22, 2009
On Roe v. Wade's Anniversary, Obama to Begin Mopping Up Bush's Misogynistic Mess
President Obama took office just 48 hours ago, and the world is already a very different place for women and their reproductive health. Read more.
