http://www.metafilter.com/tags/MarieStopes Posts tagged with 'MarieStopes' at MetaFilter. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:31:22 -0800 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:31:22 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/75429/Moral%2Dturpitude As reported in the<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct/04/usa.internationalaidanddevelopment"> Guardian</a> the US has cut funding for condoms in <a href="http://www.mariestopes.org/Home.aspx">Marie Stopes' African clinics</a>. In 2007 MSI provided <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Stopes_International">129 million</a> male and female condoms. Since 2001 with the Mexico City Policy commonly known as " <a href="http://www.globalgagrule.org/">The Global Gag</a>" The Bush administration has <a href="http://www.afn.org/~iguana/archives/2005_01/20050103.html">blocked birth control access</a> at every turn. It has <a href="http://www.speaker.gov/blog/?p=1441">tried</a> to redefine <a href="http://www.beaconbroadside.com/broadside/2008/08/redefining-the.html">Contraception as Abortion</a>. These Conservative US policies <a href="http://www.thenational.ae/article/20081004/FOREIGN/578478301/1002">hit health aid in Africa</a>. TheGulagGagRuleOrg's continuing research shows the gag rule is <a href="http://www.globalgagrule.org/execsum2.htm">eroding family planning</a> and reproductive health services in developing countries.(<small> Related <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/47037/Global-Gag-Rule-extended">1</a> + <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/43720/US-Leadership-sic">2</a> </small>). tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.75429 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:31:22 -0800 Africa birthcontrol BushCo Contraception familyplanning gagrule globalgag MarieStopes adamvasco