~ On banning the global "Gag Rule" & a 2nd cervical cancer vaccine

From the Women's Media Center:

Senate Takes First Step Toward Banning Global Gag Rule
7/10/09
RH Reality Check: During the Senate Appropriations Committee mark-up yesterday, Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) proposed an amendment to the foreign aid appropriations bill that would permanently negate the global gag rule by stipulating that foreign NGOs should not be disqualified from receiving US family planning assistance based on their providing services that are permissible in their own countries and legal here. (Disclaimer: Ages and ages ago, I worked in Frank Lautenberg's US Senate office on Capitol Hill.)


WHO Approves Cervical Cancer Vaccine Cervarix
7/9/09
AP via USA Today: The World Health Organization has approved a second cervical cancer vaccine, this one made by GlaxoSmithKline, meaning U.N. agencies and partners can now officially buy millions of doses of the vaccine for poor countries worldwide.