Planned Parenthood Action Center Blogs

The Gag Rule: Following the Leader

JMack

The U.S. is an influential world superpower. What we do economically, politically, and culturally matters to the rest of the world and that’s a big responsibility — one we shouldn’t take lightly. So when the global gag rule was ordered by Reagan in 1984 — then re-instated by Bush in 2001 — it sent a message loud and clear to the rest of the world: politics trumps women’s health and lives.

Abstinence-Only Gets Another F

LauraLamb

Attention President Bush: the just-say-no approach to teen sex still isn't working.

Global Gag Rule in Kenya

CharityKoronya

In Kenya, we've heard the news. President-elect Obama is likely to repeal the global gag rule after he takes office in January. Without exaggeration, I can say that the global gag rule is one the most devastating women's health policies I’ve seen in my two-decade career in reproductive health.

Leading the Charge

LauraLamb

For months, Planned Parenthood has been at the forefront of the fight against the disastrous HHS regulation that will limit the rights of patients to receive complete and accurate reproductive health information.

It’s Here

LauraLamb

We feared it was coming but it’s still a shock: Bush's final attack on women's health care just arrived.

The Next Generation

LauraLamb

We have much to look forward to come January 20 — including some new faces for health care reform.

Human Rights Day, Women’s Rights Day

AlanaOrtez

Here is a stark reality. In a world where modern medicine has put an end to a whole host of infections and diseases, approximately 70,000 women die ⁽¹⁾ and nearly five million women have temporary or permanent disabilities due to unsafe abortions every year.

HHS Roundup

BJenkins

Much has been said about the latest Bush administration attack on women’s health — and much of it by us at Planned Parenthood. We’ve been out there beating the drum against Bush’s bad medicine from the get-go. But a quick trip around the blogosphere shows we’re not alone in our outrage and concern:

So Close

LauraLamb

We're finally closing in on the end of the election season. And while we have much to celebrate, these final hours did not deliver all that we had hoped for.

HHS in the News

LauraLamb

The Bush administration's attack on women's health is making headlines — as it should be. The next two weeks or so are critical. If the final rule comes down from the Department of Health and Human Services before December 20, it could take effect before President-elect Obama takes office.