| 单词 | global gag rule |
| 释义 | > as lemmasglobal gag rule b. spec. U.S. A regulation preventing the staff of government-funded family-planning clinics from offering patients information about abortion. Also (frequently in global gag rule): a U.S. government policy preventing the provision of U.S. aid to foreign family-planning organizations unless they undertake not to promote or perform abortion.Both restrictions, first implemented in 1984 and rescinded in 1993, were reinstated by President George W. Bush in 2001. ΚΠ 1985 Chicago Tribune 1 Nov. (Tempo section) 1/3 Any clinic that took federal money promising that its doctors would never utter the word ‘abortion’ could lose that money in a malpractice suit. Such a ‘gag’ rule is also unconstitutional. 1995 Mother Jones Apr. 60/1 One goal of the pro-life forces is to reinstitute the ‘gag rule’ that barred federally funded health clinics from counseling women regarding abortion. 2001 Washington Times (Electronic ed.) 17 May Opponents of the ban denounced it as a ‘global gag rule’ that would prevent legitimate family-planning organizations from even counseling women in some of the world's poorest countries on their medical options. < as lemmas |
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