Curse my lack of faith! The Global Gag Rule, officially known as the Mexico City Policy?
To celebrate, please enjoy the following clip of the late and irrepressible George Carlin, on abortion rights: (more…)
Obamadinistration, Day 3 January 23, 2009
Feministe has a good post up listing some of Obama’s executive orders since he’s started working. He clearly came out of the gate running; one of the most interesting is that he has frozen all pending policies and legislation passed by the Bush Administration, subject to review. Among the affected policies? Our old favorite, the HHS “conscience clause” rule! According to California NOW,
While the regulatory process had been completed and the final regulations reported in the Federal Registry, HHS had not yet developed guidelines for implementation. [A contact at HHS confirms] the Department believes the regs. fall under President Obama’s executive order “freezing all last minute Bush administration regulations for review prior to final implementation”.
Woohoo! In other reproductive health news, yesterday was the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. (more…)
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