Just days after his inauguration, President Obama overturned a policy prohibiting the use of U.S. funds for overseas non-governmental organizations providing abortion services, a ban known as the “global gag rule.” The move took place just one day after the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade.
Formerly, the global gag rule refused funding for overseas...
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Obama reverses the “global gag rule”
Yahoo, China, and the Global Online Freedom Act
The name Shi Tao might not ring a bell anymore today, but simply mention the vague phrase “the Yahoo-China incident” and ears will perk up in recognition. The 2004 debacle over Internet giant Yahoo disclosing personal information about Tao, a dissident blogger in China, which resulted in his arrest and 10-year prison sentence by...
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Global Reactions to President-Elect Obama
(photo courtesy of the Huffington Post)
Last Tuesday was undeniably a historic night for the United States in the election of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the USA. Heralding Obama’s entrance to the White House as an end to the policies of the deeply unpopular Bush administration, millions of American citizens as well...
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