[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 89 (Wednesday, July 12, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H5849]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          STRIKE THE GAG RULE

  (Mrs. MALONEY of New York asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, the gag rule has created a 
policy that increases the number of abortions and it also threatens the 
lives of many young women.
  Last year, this body added in law an international family planning 
gag rule for other countries that is unconstitutional in America. What 
happened? Thousands of young women were denied the information they 
needed to plan or postpone their pregnancies, so thousands of 13-year-
old girls, 14-year-old girls and 15-year-old girls got unsafe and often 
fatal abortions.
  These abortions could have been prevented. No U.S. funds are used for 
abortions. International family planning saves women's lives so we 
should all support on both sides of the aisle an effort to strike the 
gag rule.

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