Global Gag

America has always stood for freedom and it must. But the Bush-Cheney administration so often fails to uphold that basic tradition, that fundamental trust. On his first day in office, Mr. Bush signed something they call the global gag rule; he did it to appease Jerry Falwell and the religious right. That rule means that any family planning clinic anywhere in world-- if they even mention abortion they can get no U.S. assistance for anything. Whatever your position on abortion -- John Edwards and I believe in the woman's right to choose-- that's not freedom. That's not freedom. On my first day in office, I will end that rule.