Will Congress Come to Bat for Women’s Rights?
Jun 23rd, 2014 | By admin![Community health worker gives a vaccination in Odisha state, India [photo credit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_health_in_India]](http://populationgrowth.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Community_health_worker_gives_a_vaccination_in_Odisha_state_India_8380317750-150x100.jpg)
By Suzanne York, www.howmany.org. Last week there was action around the Global Gag Rule, an on-again, off-again 30-year-old policy detrimental to women’s reproductive health. The Global Gag Rule denies U.S. foreign assistance to organizations working overseas if they use private, non-U.S. funds to provide referrals, counseling, or access to safe abortion, even when it is legal in the country
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