Dictionary definition of “global gag rule”

global gag rule

n. a restriction which forbids US government funds being given to organizations or countries which recommend, permit, or perform abortions. Subjects: English, United States, Health, Politics, Sex & Sexuality

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Citations: 1995 Contemporary Women’s Issues “Cairo +5-Assessing U.S. Support for Reproductive Health at Home and Abroad” p. 1: The latest reincarnation of the Mexico City Policy, termed the “Global Gag Rule” by women’s advocates, including Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, would go far beyond the current legal prohibitions on abortion. It also would bar organizations in U.S. aid recipient countries from receiving population assistance if they use their own non-U.S. funds to provide legal abortion services. The proposed restriction would also deny funding if such non-U.S. organizations participated—consistent with their own laws—in efforts to alter laws or governmental policies with any connection to abortion. This proposed limitation would include not only overt lobbying, but also sponsoring conferences, distributing materials and disseminating public statements. 1997 Abortion Report (June 6) “Int’l Family Planning: Smith Tries Again”: Denying U.S. aid to family planning organizations and imposing a global gag rule will only increase the need for abortion. 2004 U.S. Newswire (June 2) “Transcript of Opening Keynote Address by Nils Daulaire” (in Washington, D.C.): This clique condemns these organizations because one has not been willing to agree to the so-called Mexico City Policy—also known as the Global Gag Rule—and the other continues to work with humane health programs in China, despite the Chinese government’s lamentable policies.

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