IWHC In The News
Obama repeals abortion policy

January 23, 2009
Adrienne Germain is interviewed on Public Radio International (PRI) by The World's Jason Margolis about the expected reversal of the Mexico City Policy by the Obama Administration.  This policy was reversed later in the day on January 23, 2009.

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Beyond the Global Gag Rule: "The World Has Changed and We Must Change With It"
RHRealityCheck.org, January 22, 2009
By Jodi Jacobson
In Kenya, homeland of President Obama's father and paternal grandparents, abortion is illegal except in very limited circumstances. More than 40 percent of births are unplanned according to the Guttmacher Institute, and one-fourth of all married women want to space or limit births but have no access to contraceptives.
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Progressives Hope U.S. Shifts Global Social Policy
Washington Post, January 18, 2009
By Colum Lynch
UNITED NATIONS -- After being shut out for eight years by the Bush White House, social progressives are pressing President-elect Barack Obama to transform the way the United States deals with matters of sex, marriage and religious values in the international arena.
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Many Advocates Not Thrilled About International Health Ambassador’s Decision to Remain in Post
Congressional Quarterly (CQ), January 13, 2009

By Neda Semnani, CQ Staff Writer
Many international health advocates, hoping for a change in global health priorities under the new administration, expressed dismay Tuesday following news that U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Amb. Mark Dybul would rescind his resignation to remain in his current position.

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