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Oppose the Global Gag Rule!
- signatures:
- deadline: June 13, 2004
- signature goal: 6,000
- Target: President George W. Bush
- Sponsored by: Retsu Zen, None
In poor, developing countries, complications of pregnancy, childbirth and unsafe abortion remain a leading cause of death and illness among women. More than 75,000 women die each year from complications of unsafe abortion.
Yet the Global Gag Rule prevents family planning organizations in other countries from providing vital, lifesaving services by denying resources to health care providers who counsel women on the full range of reproductive health options, lobby to make or keep abortion legal in their own country, or provide abortion services -- even if they pay for these services with non-US funds.
Consequently, women around the world pay the price. In Kenya, five family planning clinics had to shut down, and thousands of women are unable to access contraception, gynecologic and obstetric care, or even counseling and testing for HIV/AIDS.
Reversing the Global Gag Rule will help save women's lives, improve women's health and increase women's economic productivity by: (Click here to find out how.)
SIGN PETITION BELOW TO ASK PRESIDENT BUSH TO REVERSE THE GLOBAL GAG RULE.
Act Now and Save Women's Lives!
Dear President Bush,
The Global Gag Rule prevents family planning organizations in other countries from providing vital health services to women. It denies resources to health care providers who offer abortion services even if they pay for these services with their own funds. It also denies resources to health care providers who counsel women on the full range of reproductive health options.
Reversing the Global Gag Rule will lead to a decrease in abortions, enable more women around the world to access comprehensive medical care and enable women to better provide for their families.
Women around the world are being punished for exercising their right to access reproductive health information and services. Please end the Global Gag Rule now and help save women’s lives.
Signed,
Your Name
Sincerely,
[Your name here]
Dear President Bush,
The Global Gag Rule prevents family planning organizations in other countries from providing vital health services to women. It denies resources to health care providers who offer abortion services even if they pay for these services with their own funds. It also denies resources to health care providers who counsel women on the full range of reproductive health options.
Reversing the Global Gag Rule will lead to a decrease in abortions, enable more women around the world to access comprehensive medical care and enable women to better provide for their families.
Women around the world are being punished for exercising their right to access reproductive health information and services. Please end the Global Gag Rule now and help save women’s lives.
Signed,
Your Name
Sincerely,
[Your name here]
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This is a huge victory for women’s reproductive health, and we applaud President Obama for ending an eight-year policy that denied contraception for women in some of the world's poorest nations.
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This is a huge victory for women’s reproductive health, and we applaud President Obama for ending an eight-year policy that denied contraception for women in some of the world's poorest nations.
Thank you for your interest. Please click here for more petitions.
This is a huge victory for women’s reproductive health, and we applaud President Obama for ending an eight-year policy that denied contraception for women in some of the world's poorest nations.
Thank you for your interest. Please click here for more petitions.
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