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LATEST COVERAGE ON U.S. FUNDING FOR U.N. POPULATION FUND

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February 24:
The Nation: Bush and AIDS

February 13:
Nepali Times: US Gag Rule Hurts Population and AIDS Work

February 12:
Associated Press: Disputes over Farm Aid, Alaska Logging Hinder $396 Billion Spending Bill

February 10:

Redlands Daily Facts (CA): Many Friends and Creative Opportunities

The Age (Australia): The Truth About George Bush's Anti-AIDS Push

February 7:

St. Paul Pioneer Press: Grassroots Effort Seeks to Aid Poor Women of World

February 2:

Chicago Tribune (IL): Americans Give to UN Agency Spurned by Administration

January 27:

East African Standard: US Drive Against Teenage Sex Takes Lessons from Uganda

Honolulu Advertiser: Roe vs. Wade Hangs on by a Thread (editorial)

Time: Under the Radar

January 23:

Knight Ridder: Roe v. Wade Anniversary Stirs Worries despite Reality Surrounding Ruling

January 22:

Women’s Enews: Seeing Beyond Roe, Bush Aims at Contraception

January 21:

National Public Radio – Morning Edition: Bush Administration Promoting Uganda Education Program as a Good Example of Teaching Abstinence

January 20:

The Highlander (University of California Riverside): Thirty-Four Million Friends of the United Nations Population Fund

Sun-Sentinel (FL): Reproductive Freedom Is Under Assault (editorial)

Women’s Enews: Bush's Anti-Choice Polices Felt Around World

January 17:

The Age (Australia): George Bush's War on Women (column by Pamela Bone)

January 12:

New York Times: The War against Women (editorial)

January 10:

New York Times: Secret War on Condoms (column by Nicholas Kristof)

January 6:
Detroit Free Press: For World, Arrogance Instead of Help

January 5:
Chapel Hill Herald (NC): Don't Break Chain: The Rights You Save May Be Your Own

San Antonio Express-News: Bush & Co. Actions Will Hurt Women's Reproductive Health

January 2:
Palm Beach Post (FL): Stealth Attack on Health (editorial)

December 28:
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Reproductive Health Efforts Under Assault (letter)

December 27:
International Herald Tribune: The U.S. and Abortion (letter)

Philadelphia Inquirer: Uncle Sam's Hard Heart (column by Trudy Rubin)

December 24:
Savannah Morning News (GA): Some Other Ways to Look at Christmas (column by Jane Fishman)

December 22:

Boston Globe: Friendly Dollars (column by Ellen Goodman)

Saint Paul Pioneer Press (MN): Remember Mary's Woes at Delivery (column by Laura Billings)

Sarasota Herald Tribune: Quibbling While the World Burns (editorial)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Reproductive Health Is Not a Euphemism for Abortion (op ed)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: David Horsey (editorial cartoon)

Women's ENews: Outrage of the Week: U.S. Delegation Tries Rewriting 1994 Cairo Pact

December 21:
Des Moines Register: Skip the Crusade – Help People (editorial)

December 20:

New York Times: Anti-Life Crusade (editorial)

December 19:

Salon.com: Bush's Drive for Global Abstinence

December 18:
New York Times: Blair for President

New York Times: Over U.S. Protest, Asian Group Approves Family Planning Goals

December 17:

Associated Press: U.S. Stance on Abortion and Condom Use Rejected at Population Conference

International Newspapers Limited (New Zealand): NZ Critical of US block to UN Population Plan

NPR - All Things Considered: US Attempts Change in International Family Planning Policies But Relents in the Face of Disagreement

December 16:
Associated Press: Population Meet Delegates Blast United States for Anti-Abortion Stand

Inter Press Service: Region Stands up to US Effort to Undercut Cairo Pledges

New York Times: More Than Words to Fight AIDS

Reuters: U.S. Anti - Abortion Stand Under Fire at U.N. Meeting

Voice of America: US Defends Family Planning Policies at Bangkok Conference

December 15:
Associated Press: U.S. Anti-Abortion Stand to Dominate U.N. Population Meeting

New York Times: U.S. Raises Abortion Issue At Conference On Families

December 14:
Knight Ridder: 'Reproductive Health' at Issue in U.N. Documents

December 11:

CNSNews.com: Abortion Debate Highlights Asian Population Summit

Toledo Blade: The Family Planning Gap

Women's Enews: White House Is Waging War Against Women's Health

December 6:

Nepal News: Plea against Poverty

December 5:

The Namibian: The UN Calls for Urgent Action Against Poverty

December 4:
Associated Press: U.N. Official Says Bangladesh Must Control Rising Population to Reduce Poverty

BBC News: India Losing Population Battle

Daily Trust (Nigeria): UN Gives Recipe for Global Poverty Reduction

UN IRIN: ETHIOPIA: UN Urges Controlling Population Growth

December 3:
CBS MarketWatch: U.N. Says Family Planning Cuts Poverty

Financial Times: UN Finds Link between Fertility Rate and Wealth

IRNA: Iranian Population to Overtake Russians, Japanese within 50 Years

National Georgraphic Today: UN Report: Fertility Education Is Key to Fighting Poverty

National Public Radio: Criticism of Bush Administration Attempts to Reduce US Funding of International Programs

Reuters: Family Planning Spurs Growth in Poor Nations - UN

Reuters: Family Planning Key to Helping World's Poor: Report

United Press International: U.N.: Need Reproductive Rights to Develop

Voice of America: UN: Developing Countries Can Overcome Poverty with Family Planning

December 2:

San Bernardino Sun (CA): $1 Can Make a Difference

November 25:
CNS.com: Bush, US Policy Assailed at UN Population Conference

November 22:

Star Tribune: Across the World; More Birth, Abortion, Death

November 14:

San Francisco Chronicle: Attack on Abortion

November 12:

The Nation: Making 34 Million Friends

November 8:

The Australian: Sneak Attacks in War against Women

November 7:

Reuters: U.S. May Withhold Some WHO Research Funds

November 6:

Associated Press: State Department Says No Decision on Contribution to WHO Program

November 4:

Asheville Citizen-Times (NC): Resource Depletion Will Worsen Without Family Planning Funds

November 3:

San Francisco Chronicle: Women's Rights Can't Be Taken for Granted

November 2:

Associated Press: Bush Administration Seeks to Sway UN Conference from Support for Abortion

November 2:

New York Times: U.S. May Abandon Support Of U.N. Population Accord

November 1:

Knight Ridder: Bush Administration Backs Away from Reproductive Health Pact

Press-Enterprise: Helping Women in Other Lands

October 24:

Chicago Tribune: Another Slap against Women

October 20:
San Bernardino County Sun: Redlands Activist Collects for U.N. Fund

October 10:

Associated Press: U.S. Grassroots Group Rallies Supporters of U.N. Family Planning Efforts

The Nation: Dems Roll Over, Film at 11

October 6:

Boston Globe: Bush Confirms Antiabortion Stance

October 4:

The Tennessean: Administration Misuses Health to Push Agenda

September 30:
Associated Press: President Bush Formally Transfers Money from U.N. Population Fund to U.S.-Run Program

September 18:
Knight Ridder: Small Advocacy Group Influences American Policy

Knight Ridder: PRI Leader Has Made Career Out of Attacking Population Control

September 9:

Star Tribune (MN): The Earth's Women

September 6:

Santa Fe New Mexican: Taos Woman Working to Raise $34 Million for U.N. Population Fund

September 3:
The Capital Times: U.S. women to the rescue

August 28:
Associated Press: U.S. Congressman: Reinstatement of Restrictions on Funding of Overseas Health Care Organizations Has Not Led to Decline in Abortions

August 27:

Newsday (NY): Bush Is Already at War - Against Women

August 26:

Arizona Republic: U.N. Population Fund Plays a Key Role in U.S. Security

August 23:

Los Angeles Times: China Redefines Extra Offspring as Burden Rather Than Offense

August 20:

Washington Post: China's One-Child Policy Now a Double Standard

August 16:

Bangor Daily News: Population-Control Folly

New York Times: Bush vs. Women

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Funding for International Family Planning a Must

August 15:

Palm Beach Post: Misguided Zealots Dishonor Christ Acting in His Name

August 14:

Los Angeles Times: Playing Deadly Politics With Family Planning

August 12:

Associated Press: Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Calls U.S. Decision to Cut Funding to U.N. Family Planning Agency "Insulting"

August 8:

San Diego Union-Tribune: Foreign Policy as Political Favors

August 7:

Chicago Tribune: A Step Forward for Treaty; A Look Back at UN Fund

Times-Union (NY): Bush Pleases the Right at Expense of Poor Women

Wall Street Journal:

August 5:

News & Observer (NC): Ignoring Real Needs

Ventura County Star (CA): Denial of U.N. Funds Show No Compassion

August 4:
Des Moines Register (IA): Haven't We Learned from Mucking around in Other Countries?

Newsday: Annan's Masterful Steps Thwart Bush

San Antonio Express-News: In the Brain Game, It's A Good Time for Women to Keep Score

St. Petersburg Times: On Population Policy, the President Heeds a Small Group of Fanatics

August 3:
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Population Politics

August 2:

Buffalo News: Politics over Health

Chicago Tribune: United Methodists Rip U.S. Decision

August 1:

Chicago Sun-Times: Causing Needless Suffering

July 31:
Chicago Tribune:

July 30:

Daily Telegraph (London): China's One-Child Policy Fines Rise

New York Times: Implacable Force for Family Planning

Newsday: Bad Move by Bush

Providence Journal-Bulletin: Punishing Women

July 29:

Atlanta Journal and Constitution (CA): Cutting Off Funds a Denial of Rights

Straits Times (Singapore):

July 28:

Atlanta Journal and Constitution: Bushwhacked Powell Should Bow Out Now

Chicago Tribune: The Horrors Many Women Face

New York Daily News: W's UN Vote Pure Politics

New York Times: D-Day for Colin Powell

Newsday (NY): Bush Should Recognize the U.S. Needs Colin Powell

San Antonio Express-News (TX): U.N. Family Planning Deserved U.S. Support

Seattle Times (WA): Editorial Cartoon

Sunday Business Post (Ireland): Irish Rotarians Back UNFPA

Sunday Business Post (Ireland): A Voice that Bush Won’t Hear

Washington Post: Deadly Politics

July 27:
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (WI): Bush’s Veto Threat

Omaha World-Herald (NE): Politics vs. Planning

San Francisco Chronicle: Washington and Women

St. Petersburg Times (FL): Where’s the Compassion?

July 26:
Associated Press: Powell Dismisses Resignation Talk

Chicago Tribune: Sacrificing Poor Women

Cox News Service: Bush's Anti-Abortion Policy Increases Abortions

Houston Chronicle: No Pregnant Pauses in Bush, GOP Drive

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (WI): The Abortion Puzzle

Morning Call (Allentown, PA): Bush Still Doesn’t Understand

News Journal (Wilmington, DE): Bush Cuts off U.N. Population Fund in Political Calculation

Newsday (NY): Powell No Quitter

The Oregonian: The Word for UN Funding Slash Is Base

Philadelphia Inquirer (PA): Joining with Extremists

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (WA): Wrong To Pull Back Population Money

Seattle Times (WA): World's Poor Women Aren't Political Pawns

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN): Snubbing Women

Times-Union (Albany, NY): Abortion Politics

United Press Syndicate: Administration's Decisions Will Lead to More Terror

July 25:
Atlanta Journal and Constitution: Bush's Decision Hurts Women Worldwide

Boston Globe: Cutting Off Women to Spite China

Charleston Gazette (WA): Birth Control Hope for Third World

Cortez Journal (CO): Population Politics

Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY): Pandering Abortion

Dallas Morning News (TX): U.N. Population Fund

The Herald (Rock Hill, SC): Agency Deserves U.S. Help

New York Times: Embattled, Scrutinized, Powell Soldiers On

Roanoke Times & World News (VA): Abortion Foes Win, Counterproductively

The Tennessean: Ignoring Facts and the Plight of Poor Women

July 24:
Associated Press: EU to Step in with More Money for U.N. Population Fund after U.S. Withholds Funds

Boston Globe:

Daily Camera (Boulder, CO): Procreative Logic

Des Moines Register (IA): Punishing the Poorest

Detroit Free Press: Life-Saving U.N. Effort A Victim of White House Politics

Ft. Worth Star Telegram: Family Planning

Miami Herald: White House About-Face

Newsday (NY):

The Oregonian: It Just Doesn’t Add Up

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PA): Bush’s Realpolitik a Real Tragedy for Poor Women

Pocono Record (Stroudsburg, PA): The Consequences of Bush’s ‘Pro-Life’ Decision Will Linger

San Francisco Chronicle: 'W' Stands for Wrongheaded

Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Population Politics

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Flawed Policy

Washington Post: A Blow to Poor Women

Women's Enews: Bush Cut Aid to U.N. Agency with Eye on Fall Races

July 23:
Akron Beacon Journal (OH): Discretion Ill-Advised

Associated Press: U.S. Cuts to U.N. Agency Draw Anger

BBC: China Attacks US Baby Fund Cuts

Boston Globe: US to Withhold $34M in UN Family-Plan Aid

Capital Times (Madison, WI): Bush Bashes Women Again

The Daily Telegraph (London): US Cuts Off UN's Family Planning Aid

Financial Times (London): Washington Halts Funding of UN Family Planning

The Guardian (London): America Halts UN Family Planning Cash

The Independent (London): US Blocks $ 34M Aid Package for Family Planning Agency

The Irish Times (Ireland): President Bush Stops $ 34 Million Voted for UN Population Fund

Knight Ridder: Lawmakers Take Aim at Decision to Cut Funding for Family Planning in China

Los Angeles Times: U.S. Decision to Cut Off Funds to U.N. Agency Sparks Outrage

New York Times:

National Public Radio: US Diverts $34 Million Earmarked for the United Nations Population Fund to the USAID

Reuters: China Slams U.S. for Canceling Population Fund Cash

Salon.com: A $34 Million "Political Payoff"

Washington Post: U.S. Withholds $34 Million in Family Planning Funding to U.N.

Washington Times: Bush Holds Funds on Family Planning

July 22:
Associated Press: U.S. to Withhold $34M in U.N. Funds

CNN: U.S. to Withhold U.N. Family Planning Funds

New York Times: U.S. to Withhold Family-Planning Money From U.N.

Reuters:

July 21:
Philadelphia Inquirer: No More Excuses

July 20:
Knight Ridder: Bush Administration to Cut Funding to U.N. Family Planning Program

Washington Post: Family Planning Funds Withheld

July 19:
Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN): President Backs Away from Aid to Poor Women

San Diego Union Tribune (CA): Bush Set to Cancel Family-Planning Aid

Sun Sentinel (FL): Keep Funding for U.N. Agency

July 18:

San Jose Mercury News (CA): Abortion Politics

July 17:

Peoria Journal Star (IL): Release Money for U.N. Population Fund

The Record (Bergen County, NJ): Bad Move on Foreign Aid

July 16:
Reuters: Lawmakers Say Bush Plans Cut U.N. Agency Funds

Associated Press: Bush Family-Planning Policy Criticized

Kansas City Star: Approve U.S. Funds for Family Planning

Lincoln Star (NE): Facts Can Be Quite Annoying

July 14:

Knight Ridder Newspapers: Bush Poised to Cut Funding to UN Population Fund

July 13:

Detroit Free Press: Worldwide, U.S. Help on AIDS Falls Far Short of Needs

July 11:

Salon.com: Bush Stonewalls Release of Family-Planning Study

July 9:

Newsday: AIDS Stalks Women and U.S. Doesn’t Help

June 30:

The Observer (London): US Aid Cut Hits World Birth Control

June 29:

Washington Post: Bush May Cut U.N. Program's Funding

June 24:
The Independent (Gambia): Adolescents Need Sexual And Reproductive Health Services

June 23:

San Antonio Express-News: Third World Women Suffer in the Name of First World Politics

June 20:

New York Times: Refugee Women’s Plight

June 13:

Salon.com: The Zealots behind President Bush's U.N. Family Planning Sellout

May 26:

San Francisco Chronicle: Bush Vs. Women of the World

May 15:

Atlanta Journal and Constitution: AIDS Fight Needs More from Helms

May 14:

Atlanta Journal and Constitution: Blinders Won't Solve Global Ills

May 12:

Washington Times: Envoys to Probe Use of U.S. Funds for Forced Abortions

May 11:

Washington Post: House Panel Clears Family Planning Aid

May 10:
Associated Press: Foes of U.S. Aid for Overseas Family Planning Get Chance to Overcome

May 9:

Washington Times: Anti-Family Planning Column Full of Holes

May 8:

Washington Times: Leaky Population Control

May 1:

New York Times: Women's Health Needs

United Press International: U.S. to Probe U.N. Fund in China

U.S. Department of State: Selection of U.S. Assessment Team to Visit China

April 29:

New York Times: Young, Pregnant and Neglected

April 26:

New York Times: Devastated Women

Providence Journal-Bulletin: Misrepresenting China's Birth Control

April 26:

Deseret News: An Equal Voice: Muslim Women Speak Out

April 20:

Deseret News (UT): An Equal Voice: Muslim Women Speak Out

April 10:

Trenton Times: Stalling on Family Planning Aid

April 7:

New York Times: U.N. Agency On Population Blames U.S. For Cutbacks

April 4:

WBEZ-FM (Chicago): Women, Health and Poverty

March 31:
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Stranglehold on Population Fund Ignores China's Positive Strides

March 27:

Chicago Tribune: UN Official: Afghan Women's Needs Vital

Newsday: Coercion Claims

March 25:

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO): Strong Families, Strong Nations

March 24:

Boston Globe: What’s Missing in Bush Policy on Women

Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Population Funds Are Needed Now

March 22:

Bergen County Record (Hackensack, NJ): Blocking Needed Help

March 17:

New York Times: Holding Up Money For Family Planning

March 12:

Newsday: Group Is Mislabeled

March 9:

NPR: Bush Administration Considering withholding Funds for United Nations Population Fund

March 8:

Boston Globe: Engaging China on Humane Family Planning

Hartford Courant (CT): Ignorant Advice

New York Daily News: Bush Is Wrong about UN Fund

Women's Enews: Bush's Delay of U.N. Funding Risks Women's Lives

February 25:
Sun-Sentinel (FL): Population Funding Needed

Washington Post: Population Fund Dispute

February 14:

Baltimore Sun (MD): U.N. Population Control Work Deserves American Support

Denver Post (CO):Religious Imperialism

February 8:

Washington Post: In the Loop: There'll Be No Comments on Comment Line

February 7:

Christian Science Monitor: Family Planning and the Religious Right's Overseas Reach

February 6:
Boston Globe: Bush Shaky on Women’s Rights

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Bush Cuts the Cord on Poor Women and Their Babies

St. Petersburg Times (FL): The Politics of Fetal Health Care

February 5:
Pocono Record (Stroudsburg, PA): Sitting on Funds for Family Planning Abroad Is Misguided

February 4:
Boston Globe: Babies Die Here in Quiet Wards

February 3:
Sunday Telegraph (London): China Is Furious as Bush Halts UN 'Abortion' Funds

February 2:
San Francisco Chronicle: Stop Starving U.N. Population Fund

February 1:

Washington Times: U.N. Population Fund Controversial for the President

January 31:
San Jose Mercury News: If Bush Respects Women, He'll Release $34 Million for the Population Fund

January 30:

ABC News: What about AIDS?; Bush Fails to Mention AIDS as an 'Unprecedented Danger'

January 29:
Atlanta Journal and Constitution: Women's Health Held Hostage

Washington Times: Population Fund at U.N. Protested; U.S. Money Backs Chinese

January 27:
Boston Globe: Bush's Fumble on Families

January 26:
Star Tribune: Stop Abortion; Give the U.N. Its Money

Toronto Star: Bush Plays Politics While Afghan Women Suffer

January 25:
Canberra Times (AUS): Bush Denying Women's Rights

New York Times: Birth Control Politics

January 24:
Buffalo News (NY): Nutrition, Family Planning Must Be Taught Worldwide

Congress Daily: Appropriators Warn Bush To Spend Money for U.N. Population Fund

January 23:

Peoria Journal Star (IL): Money for Family Planning

January 22:

Newsday (NY): Afghan Women Get Caught in U.S. Abortion Politics

Philadelphia Inquirer: Family Planning on Hold

Times Union (NY): Bush Can't Silence Reproductive Choice

January 21:

Akron Beacon Journal (OH): How Compassionate?

Los Angeles Times: A Looming Threat We Won't Face

January 19:

Newsday (NY): Family Way

January 18:

Pioneer Press (MN): Why Detour Into Family Planning Politics Now?

Sacramento Bee (CA): Family Planning Myopia

January 16:

Associated Press: White House Defers U.N. Recommendation

The Daily Times (Delaware): U.S. can't withhold family planning funds
Detroit Free Press: UN efforts to control growth deserve U.S. support

Los Angeles Times: Pregnancy Politics

New York Times: U.N. Officials Press White House To Free Family-Planning Money

Palm Beach Post: The $34 Million Question

San Francisco Chronicle: Support Family Planning

Seattle Times: Women's lives at risk for the sake of politics

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Family Planning at Risk

Trenton Times (NJ): At It Again

January 15:
Houston Chronicle: Important to Keep International Family Planning Funds

Washington Post: A Test for Mr. Bush

January 12:

San Jose Mercury News: Washington in Brief

Washington Post: Family Planning Funds Put on Hold

January 11:

Associated Press: Bush Stance on Family Planning Group Riles Abortion Rights Supporters in Congress

January 10:
Buffalo News (NY): Bush Can Aid Women By Nixing Gag Rule

January 4:

Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN): Self-Interest Requires Improving U.S. Image

December 21:

Washington Post: Congress Ends Session, Buries Stimulus Bills

December 20:

Washington Times: Bush Gets Say on Population Funds

December 9:

St. Petersburg Times: A Disservice to Women

December 3:

USA Today: Importance of Foreign Aid Is Hitting Home

November 28:

Philadelphia Inquirer: Health Care Is the Real Key for Afghan Women

November 25:

New York Times: Increase Foreign Aid

St. Petersburg Times: Campaign for Afghan Women Seems Insincere

November 23:

Newsday: Why Laura Bush?

November 18:

San Antonio Express-News: Vote against Women's Reproductive Rights Is Step Backward

November 16:

Washington Post: Foreign Aid Bill Balances Concerns

October 19:
Science: The Mexico City Policy and U.S. Family Planning Assistance

September 3:
Newsweek: A Pro-Life Foreign Policy

August 28:

Washington Post: U.S. Draws Abortion Line at U.N.; Officials May Boycott Session on Children

August 26:
Los Angeles Times: Family Planning's Health Endangered

August 13:

New York Times: The Senate and the World

August 6:

New York Times: The Global Gag Rule

August 2:

Capital Times: What Do Women Want

San Francisco Chronicle: A Vote against Abortion 'Gag Rule'

August 1:

Associated Press: Senate Committee OKs Abortion Bill

Reuters: New York Group to Appeal Bush Abortion Law Ruling

St. Petersburg Times: Latest Blow to Family Planning

July 30:

Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Overturning the Global Gag Rule

Hartford Courant: Tax Rebate Can Make a Difference

July 27:

Reuters: Senate Panel Moves to Reverse Curb on Overseas Abortion Aid

July 19:

Associated Press: Dems Seek to Overturn Abortion Plan

July 18:

Associated Press: Judge Assured Bush Won't Gag Abortion Rights Activist

July 11:

Capital Times (Madison, WI): Women Here and There

July 9:

Omaha World-Herald (NE): Planned Parenthood Praises the Work of Its African Partners

July 1:

St. Petersburg Times (FL): For Bush, Abortion Gag Rule Is only The Beginning

June 21:

Boston Globe: Hush, Everyone, the Tax Cut Is Coming

June 13:

Washington Post: Shift in Senate May Benefit Women's Health, Here and Abroad

June 7:

New York Times: Abortion Rights Group Files Suit Over Bush Family Planning Rule

May 25:

Providence Journal-Bulletin: Global Gag Rule Won't Cut Abortions

May 24:

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Dunn Voted the Right Way

WomensEnews: Media Ignores Gag Rule's Harm to Free Speech

May 23:

Winston Salem Journal: Abortion Gag Rule

May 19:

Atlanta Journal and Constitution: Isakson Bold in Opposition to 'Gag Rule'

Baltimore Sun: Upholding Gag Rule Won't Make Women Safe or Cut Abortions

Women’sEnews: Outrage of the Week: Seven Women in House Vote on Global Gag Rule

May 17:

Associated Press: House Backs Bush's Abortion-Aid Ban

Los Angeles Times: House Backs Bush Ban on Abortion Aid

New York Times: House Votes to Keep Bush's Family Planning Rule

San Francisco Chronicle: Ban Upheld on Abortion Counseling Fund

Washington Post: House Votes to Revive Bush Abortion Policy

Washington Times: House Backs Ban on Aid for Choice Groups

May 16:

Associated Press: Abortion Roll Call

Washington Post: Bush Renews Fight on Abortion Aid Curb

May 15:

Associated Press: North Korea Says Famine Reducing Life Expectancy

San Francisco Chronicle: End a Policy of Ignorance

Sun Sentinel: A Global Gag Rule Isn't the Way

May 13:

New York Times: Lift the Global Gag Rule

May 12:

Tulsa World: Gag Rule Revisited

May 9:
Atlanta Journal and Constitution: Overrule Bush on Global Gag Rule

Boston Globe: A Vote for Women

Capital Times: Remove Gag on Choice Talk

Charleston Gazette: Pro-choice? Capito Can Prove It

New York Journal News: Taking Lumps at the U.N.

New York Times: The Fight Against AIDS

Palm Beach Post: Overturn 'Gag Rule'

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Ungagging Aid the House Can Reverse a Misguided Bush Rule

Roanoke Times: Don’t Fight Abortion with Bad Science

Seattle Post-Intelligence: Remove Gag on Abortion

May 8:

St. Louis Post Dispatch: Remove the Gag Rule

May 7:

The New York Times: Life Before Roe

May 6:

Roanoke Times: International Censorship; Family-Planning Gag Rule Won't Reduce Abortions

May 4:

Detroit Free Press: Gag Rule

Los Angeles Times: Remove the Family Planning Gag Rule

PLANETWIRE FEATURE STORIES ON GLOBAL GAG RULE

Senator Boxer To Hold Foreign Relations Committee Hearing on the Global Gag Rule (July 18)

Gag Rule Executive Memorandum Issued (March 28)

Senators Criticize Global Gag Rule (March 23)

House Votes To Curtail International Family Planning, Free Speech (May 16)

House Panel Votes To Overturn Bush Gag Rule (May 2)

Public Support for International Family Planning (Feb. 19)

Bill Introduced to Overturn "Global Gag Rule" (Feb. 15)

President Bush Reinstates Global Gag Rule (Jan. 22)

Time: Under the Radar

Deseret News (UT): An Equal Voice: Muslim Women Speak Out

March 7:

March 6:

March 1:

February 28: