The Sierra Club supports women and families and their right to information and access to family planning and reproductive health services. President Bush s action hurts women who are dying every minute of every day from complications of pregnancy. President Bush s action to reinstate the gag rule hurts families who are working to create a better life for their children. And President Bush s action hurts the environment. By damaging family planning groups overseas, President Bush is placing more pressure on our fragile environment.
Family planning saves women, children and our planet.
President Bush s act may satisfy a small group of extremists at the right wing of his party, but it does not represent the will and compassion of the American people.