Statement released after the President rescinds “Mexico City Policy”
Thanks to Ralph Risch for this link.
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It is clear that the provisions of the Mexico City Policy are unnecessarily broad and unwarranted under current law, and for the past eight years, they have undermined efforts to promote safe and effective voluntary family planning in developing countries. For these reasons, it is right for us to rescind this policy and restore critical efforts to protect and empower women and promote global economic development.
For too long, international family planning assistance has been used as a political wedge issue, the subject of a back and forth debate that has served only to divide us. I have no desire to continue this stale and fruitless debate.
For full article, visit:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/statement
January 31st, 2009 at 2:55 pm
Hi Bill,
This is great news, as has been the beginning couple of weeks of the Obama administration. I do hope we keep seeing changes at the top, and I also sense that I’m hearing Population Growth spoken and written about more these days. Why it’s not as much on everyones’ lips as global climate change, I don’t really understand. what will it take? I guess we’ll see :) Will keep working on it for the rest of my life. Thanks for all you are doing to make people aware of the issues.
February 2nd, 2009 at 8:47 am
A wonderful and significant statement from President Barack Obama. At least to me, it appears to be a vital forward step along a path that leads to the provision of necessary support for making humane and voluntary determinations regarding family health planning both at the individual level and the global level.
Steven Earl Salmony
AWAREness Campaign on The Human Population,
eatablished 2001
http://sustainabilityscience.org/content.html?contentid=1176