Global Gag Rule Discussion tonight at 7pm in the CAB
Rokhsanna Sadeghi
Many thanks for coming to the meeting on Thursday to hear what IFMSA
is all
about. I will be sending out an email soon with an invite to an IFMSA
google group so that we can easily post messages to each other about
some
news, events, etc without having to email the whole school list.
On THIS Monday, October 1 at 7pm on the first floor of the CAB (in the
side
room near the main entrance) we'll be having a discussion about the
"GLOBAL
GAG RULE"
Watch a short (13-minute) video on the "global gag rule," the US
policy that
bars funding to organizations that perform abortions, distribute
contraceptives, or reach out to sex-workers.
Stay for discussion and snacks!
For more information on the global gag rule, see the following links:
(courtesy of Eli Braun)
1.http://www.globalgagrule.org
2. NARAL Pro-Choice America's summary of the Global Gag Rule:
http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/assets/files/Abortion-Access-to-Abortion-Refusal-Clauses-Global-Gag.pdf
3. Senate overturns global gag rule, but Bush will veto. (Sept. 7,
2007)
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=2&DR_ID=47343
Email me with any questions!
See ya there,
IFMSA E-board -- Katie Fry, Tom Man, Nicolette Oleng, Rokhsanna Sadeghi