Bipartisan Group Of Senators Requests State Department Review Of Mexico City Policy Impact

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“…Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) have written to the State Department, urging officials examine the impact of the [Mexico City policy, or global gag rule (GGR)]. ‘We ask that you commit to comprehensive public review of the GGR policy, and in these reviews, include assessments of any harm caused by this policy to women and girls in countries that receive U.S. global health assistance,’ the bipartisan coalition of senators write…” (Kahn, 11/28).

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