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Newsletter 4.1
February 2001

The Outcome of U.S. Elections: Impact on Reproductive Health, Rights and International Family Planning

Roe v. Wade 28^th Anniversary

Inside GRHF: Six Week in-depth Discussion on Reproductive Health and Human Rights- Starts February 5

Roe v. Wade: 28^th Anniversary: January 22, 2001. What’s on the horizon?
http://www.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/stories/01/22/bc.abortionpolitics.ap/index.html

CNN Special Report on the history of Roe v. Wade:
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1998/roe.wade/

The Global Gag Rule: Although Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush both imposed restrictions similar to the Global Gag Rule, known then as the "Mexico City Policy," President-elect Bush’s intentions remain unclear. An update from PAI:
http://www.populationaction.org/news/eboard_121500_janupdate.htm
http ://www.populationaction.org/politics/globalgagfs.htm

Naral provides the public with a succinct history of John Ashcroft’s political agenda in relationship to reproductive rights and health:
http://www.naral.org/mediaresources/fact/ash_chron.html

Kaiser Foundation reports that George W. Bush is likely to address abortion and international family planning issues as his first Presidential initiative:
http://report.kff.org/repro/

President Bush is expected to act soon to ban international family planning organizations that provide abortion counseling or abortions from receiving federal money.
Read on: http://www.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/stories/01/22/roe.wade/index.html

Women’s health issues brought to the table by George W. Bush on day 1 of his presidency: "partial-birth" abortion; stem-cell research, which involves the use of human embryos; legislation requiring greater emphasis on abstinence education rather than sex education for the nation's youth; and a review of the use of the so-called abortion drug, RU-486: http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/natpol/lat_assess010123.htm

Planned Parenthood shows us the facts on unsafe abortions around the world. Given all of the above information, it’s more important now than ever to know the stats!
http://www.plannedparenthood.org/library/abortion/unsafeab.html

Inside GRHF:

Reproductive Rights, Human Rights is a guided discussion focusing on the relationship between reproductive rights and human rights issues worldwide. GRHF will post a weekly introductory message, describing the topic and posing related questions. Participants will use these questions to formulate questions of their own, and continue the discussion on a variety of related issues. In accordance with the mission of the GRHF, this discussion forum aims to encourage the proliferation of critical discussions about reproductive health and gender on the net.
Launch date: February 5, 2001 at www.hsph.harvard.edu/grhf/discuss

* Project Director reports on women’s health in India: March Issue*

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