Stand Up for Women Worldwide!
Dear feminist activist,
Urgent Action Needed Today! Urge your members of Congress to co-sponsor the Global Democracy Promotion Act, which would overturn the Global Gag Rule and save women's lives!
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia /organizationsORG/feministmajority/campa ign.jsp?campaign_KEY=6637&t=Camus-defaul t.dwt
We are sending you this message from our Campus Program because the Global Gag Rule disproportionately affects young women.
Since 2001, countless women in developing countries around the world have been living under the Global Gag Rule, a policy enacted by President Bush on his first full day in office, which bars family planning programs receiving US international aid from using their own monies from separate sources for abortion counseling, advocacy and referrals.
The World Health Organization reports that over 80,000 women and girls die from unsafe, illegal abortions every year and experts place that number to as many as 200,000.
On Monday, January 22nd, 2007, Representatives Nita Lowey (D-NY), Chris Shays (R-CT) and 36 other members of Congress reintroduced the Global Democracy Promotion Act (GDPA), a bill that would repeal the Global Gag Rule and release much needed funds for international family planning programs. The GDPA prohibits the denial of U.S. funds to overseas groups based on the medical services they provide, and makes clear that U.S. funds may not be used to impose restrictions on free speech that would be illegal if applied in the United States
We need you to contact your Members of Congress today and ask them to add their names to the list of co-sponsors of the GDPA.
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/o rganizationsORG/feministmajority/campaig n.jsp?campaign_KEY=6637&t=Camus-default. dwt
For Equality,
Crystal Lander
Campus Program Director
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