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.