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Article: REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH IS NOT A EUPHEMISM FOR ABORTION.(P-I Focus)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- December 22, 2002
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Byline: JACQUELINE SHERRIS and CHRISTOPHER J. ELIAS
In his first political act as president, George W. Bush reinstated the Mexico City Policy (known as the "gag rule"), which prevents U.S. funds from supporting organizations that counsel or provide abortions, even if those organizations do so with other sources of funding. Although it has been illegal for U.S. foreign aid dollars to fund overseas abortions for nearly 30 years, President Bush gave us a clear signal that ideology would take precedence over public health realities during his administration.
In fact, the administration has gone so far as to argue vigorously in international forums for the ...