单词 | gag rule |
释义 | gag rulenoun 1A regulation or directive that prohibits public discussion of a particular matter, in particular.There are court cases out of New York that indicate violations of the Constitution, of the First Amendment with regard to the gag rule and some of the other provisions....
1.1A regulation preventing the staff of government-funded family-planning clinics from offering patients information about abortion.Just as the gag rule prohibits staff in federally funded clinics from mentioning abortion, characters in movies cannot use the A word if they don't wish to continue a pregnancy....
1.2A US government policy preventing US aid to foreign family-planning organizations unless they agree not to promote or perform abortions.In the past, US groups, sheltered by the First Amendment, were exempt from such policies as the infamous gag rule that requires overseas NGOs to forswear abortion services and advocacy or lose US aid....
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