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  • Title: President Clinton reelected with mandate for choice.
    Journal: Reprod Freedom News; 1996 Nov 08; 5(18):2-3. PubMed ID: 12291729.
    Abstract:
    In the US, Clinton was the first pro-choice president to win reelection since abortion was legalized. While abortion was not a central issue in the 1996 campaign, Clinton's decisive victory came on the heels of his veto of a bill that would have banned a late abortion method used to preserve maternal life and health. Clinton also removed four executive anti-abortion policies that had been initiated by former president Reagan: the "gag rule," which sought to prohibit federally-funded family planning (FP) programs from delivering abortion counseling and referrals; a similar policy for US-funded international FP programs; a ban on federal funding of fetal tissue research; and a prohibition of abortions at military facilities. In addition, Clinton called for review of the ban on the importation of RU-486 for personal use. Under Clinton, the Food and Drug Administration is preparing to approve mifepristone and has declared certain oral contraceptives safe for emergency contraception. Clinton requested more money for international population programs than Congress allocated. While Clinton's budgets had no anti-abortion riders, Congress imposed restrictions during the appropriations process that prohibited the use of federal funds to pay for abortions except in the case of rape, incest, or life endangerment; eliminated abortion coverage from federal health insurance; banned abortions at military facilities; barred funding for abortions at federal prisons; prohibited research on human embryos; and cut international FP programs. Clinton failed to veto the bills with these riders. On the other hand, Clinton and the Congress passed the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances act, which has decreased violence at abortion clinics. Clinton appointees to the Supreme Court have had little opportunity to rule on abortion-related issues, and Clinton may be able to make as many as three more appointments during his term.
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