Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 12, Issue 24 , Pages 128-137 , November 2004

Power and Politics in International Funding for Reproductive Health: the US Global Gag Rule

  • Barbara B Crane

      Affiliations

    • Executive Vice President, Ipas, Chapel Hill NC, USA
  • ,
  • Jennifer Dusenberry

      Affiliations

    • Research Assistant, Population Action International, Washington, DC, USA

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doi: 10.1016/S0968-8080(04)24140-4

Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 12, Issue 24 , Pages 128-137 , November 2004