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To: E who wrote (4818)	2/4/2001 5:19:58 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

This is about a gag rule. IMO, it's a game of chicken of enormous proportions. It's not a gag rule unless the providers agree to be gagged in exchange for being able to provide reproductive services other than abortion. It's extortion. Karen

To: E who wrote (4818)	2/4/2001 5:32:55 PM
From: bosquedog	Respond to of 82486

dailynews.yahoo.com U.S. officials have countered by saying that U.S. funding for contraception will not decrease -- at about $400 million a year -- and that it can find other groups to disburse the family planning funds that any organizations can no longer accept because of the new rule. dailynews.yahoo.com ``I will do everything I can to continue getting that support from Congress to fight this, this pandemic, and I think we all need to do more,'' he said. ``It is not just a medical problem. It is destroying families. You are leaving children without providers.''