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

 

Attention: Click here for Population Action International’s editorial memo urging writers to editorialize in support of international family planning.

 

LATEST MEDIA COVERAGE ON THE GLOBAL GAG RULE

[NOTE: Some links may expire after two weeks.]        

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

 

January 28:

Toronto Star: World's 'Water Towers' in Danger, U.N. Says

 

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)