SEC. 131. - 133 of Bill H.R 1646 Fiscal Years 2002 and 2003
Foreign Relations Authorization Act
This Bill included $34 mil. funding for UNFPA UN Family Planning, and passed only after re-instating the Gag Rule. But then Bush reneged on the $34 mil. funding. The argument against the Gag Rule goes as follows: (`Global Democracy Promotion Act of 2001'). Freedom of speech is a fundamental American value and is protected under the Constitution. The promotion of democracy is a principal goal of United States foreign policy and critical to achieving sustainable development. Limiting eligibility for United States development and humanitarian assistance upon the willingness of a foreign nongovernmental organization to forgo its right to use its own funds to address abortion would violate the Constitution if applied to United States-based organizations.
Yet despite this argument Republicans insisted on retaining the Gag Rule, so in order to get the Bill passed (and fund UNFPA $34 mil.) the Democrats dropped the repeal of the Gag Rule from the Bill. And still Bush did not implement it . House Reps. voting FOR the Gag Rule | The arguments For and Against (Paraphrased):
For: We strongly oppose sections 131-33, the `Global Democracy Promotion Act'. We do not think abortion related activities should be carried out even with `their own' money. We wish to erect a wall of separation between family planning and abortion. We don’t believe foreign organizations have the right to free speech. We believe that family planning overseas will reduce the number of abortions by providing contraception instead. It makes no sense to hire abortionists to run programs that are aimed at reducing abortion. We don’t believe we should fund abortion advocates, even although they are not abortionists themselves, to distribute contraceptives. We believe that Int. Family Planning organizations are in the business of family planning and not abortion. We think family planning is something entirely distinct from abortion. We intend to offer an amendment during floor consideration of this bill that will enforce the Gag Rule. Against: We strongly agree with sections 131-33, the `Global Democracy Promotion Act. It overturns the President's January Executive Memorandum reimposing the global gag rule. This memorandum strips foreign Non-Gov. Operations that implement the U.S. population program overseas of their autonomy and their rights to free speech. The President's memorandum prohibits foreign Non-Gov Operations from using their own non-U.S. monies to offer abortion services in countries where abortion is legal, to counsel women regarding all of their legal options and provide referrals for those services, or to advocate in their own countries for more humane abortion laws. If a similar prohibition were applied to U.S. citizens, it would be unconstitutional.
U.S. Does Not Fund abortion. Let us be clear: U.S. tax payers' dollars do not pay for abortion. We find it disturbing that the proponents of the Gag Rule continue to misstate this fact: The United States does not fund abortion overseas nor abortion advocacy
For a woman in some developing countries, pregnancy can be a death sentence. The reality is that in the developing world, 600,000 women a year die due to pregnancy. Sixty percent of those pregnancies are unintended. Many of these deaths are due to backstreet abortion. | 
REF:http://thomas.loc.gov and enter "H.R. 1646" in Bill Nbr The Representatives voting to reinstate the Gag Rule follow: FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 115
Republicans in roman;Democrats in italic; Independents underlined),
H R 1646 RECORDED VOTE 16-MAY-2001 12:40 PM
AUTHOR(S): Hyde of Illinois Amendment
QUESTION: On Agreeing to the Amendment (to keep the Gag Rule) | | AYES | NOES | PRES | NV | | REPUBLICAN | 185 | 33 | | 2 | | DEMOCRATIC | 32 | 176 | | 2 | | INDEPENDENT | 1 | 1 | | | | TOTALS | 218 | 210 | | 4 | | --- AYES 218 --- | |
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