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    "ocrText": "FOIA Number: 2011-0587-F\nFOIA\nMARKER\nThis is not a textual record. This is used as an\nadministrative marker by the William J. Clinton\nPresidential Library Staff.\nCollection/Record Group:\nClinton Presidential Records\nSubgroup/Office of Origin:\nPress Secretary\nSeries/Staff Member:\nDee Dee Myers\nSubseries:\nOA/ID Number:\n4484\nFolderID:\nFolder Title:\nAbortion [1]\nStack:\nRow:\nSection:\nShelf:\nPosition:\nS\n94\n3\n4\n3\nWithdrawal/Redaction Sheet\nClinton Library\nDOCUMENT NO.\nSUBJECT/TITLE\nDATE\nRESTRICTION\nAND TYPE\n001. memo\nPage Gardner to Clinton Campaign Leadership; re: NARAL [National\n10/07/1992\nPersonal Misfile\nAbortion & Reproductive Rights Action League] Activities Until\nElection Day (6 pages)\n002. memo\nGene Sperling to Governor Clinton & Staff; re: Background on Casey\n10/29/1992\nPersonal Misfile\nDecision (3 pages)\nCOLLECTION:\nClinton Presidential Records\nPress Secretary\nDee Dee Myers\nOA/Box Number: 4484\nFOLDER TITLE:\nAbortion [1]\n2011-0587-F\nip3786\nRESTRICTION CODES\nPresidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]\nFreedom of Information Act - 15 U.S.C. 552(b)]\nP1 National Security Classified Information |(a)(1) of the PRA]\nb(1) National security classified information |(b)(1) of the FOIA]\nP2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRAJ\nb(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of\nP3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA]\nan agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]\nP4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or\nb(3) Release would violate a Federal statute |(b)(3) of the FOIA]\nfinancial information [(a)(4) of the PRA|\nb(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial\nP5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President\ninformation [(b)(4) of the FOIA]\nand his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRAJ\nb(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of\nP6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of\npersonal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]\npersonal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA]\nb(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement\npurposes |(b)(7) of the FOIA]\nC. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed\nb(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of\nof gift.\nfinancial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]\nPRM. Personal record misfile defined in accordance with 44 U.S.C.\nh(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information\n2201(3).\nconcerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA]\nRR. Document will be reviewed upon request.\nWTM\nPRESIDENT\nEXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT\nBUDGET\nOFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET\nTESTITE\nDIRECT\nWASHINGTON, D.C. 20503\nNovember 12, 1993\n(House)\nSTATEMENT OF ADMINISTRATION POLICY\n(THIS STATEMENT HAS BEEN COORDINATED BY OMB WITH THE CONCERNED AGENCIES.)\nH.R. 796 - Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act of 1993\n(Schumer (D) NY and 128 others)\nThe Administration strongly supports H.R. 796.\nScoring for Purposes of Pay-As-You-Go\nH.R. 796 could affect both direct spending and receipts;\ntherefore, it is subject to the pay-as-you-go requirement of the\nOmnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990. The Office of\nManagement and Budget's preliminary estimate is that the net pay-\nas-you-go effect of the bill is zero.\n*******\n(Do Not Distribute Outside Executive Office of the President)\nThis Statement of Administration Policy was developed by LRD\n(Pellicci) in consultation with GC (Damus), HD\n(Clendenin/Sanderson), TCJ (Salis), the White House Office of\nDomestic Policy (Bill Galston), and the Office of the White House\nCounsel (Clarissa Cerda) and was approved by the Associate\nDirectors for Health (Min) and Economics and Government (Margaret\nShaw for Edley). The Department of Justice (Greg Jones) concurs\nin the position. HHS did not respond to our request for views.\nThe proposed position is consistent with that contained in\ntestimony by Attorney General Reno before the Senate Committee on\nLabor and Human Resources on May 12, 1993, on S. 636, the Senate\ncompanion bill, which is virtually identical to H.R. 796.\nH.R. 796 was reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on\nOctober 22nd by a vote of 24-11.\nSummary of H.R. 796\nH.R. 796 is designed to stop blockades and violence at abortion\nclinics. The bill would make it a Federal crime for protesters\nto use force or physical obstruction with the intention of\ninjuring, intimidating, or interfering with individuals seeking\nor providing abortion-related services. Penalties would include\nfines and imprisonment ranging from one year for the first\noffense to 10 years for an offense involving injury to a life\nterm when death occurs. Carrying picket signs, handing out\nliterature, or praying in front of a clinic would still be legal.\n2\nIn addition, H.R. 796 would create a private right of action in\nFederal court by the party subjected to the illegal acts. The\naggrieved party could seek injunctive relief and compensatory and\npunitive damages. As reported by the Committee, the bill is\ndesigned to be applied evenly to anyone who engages in prohibited\nconduct, regardless of their views on the issue of abortion. For\nexample, the bill would extend the penalties to cover violence\nagainst facilities that provide counseling on alternatives to\nabortion.\nThe bill's provisions would apply only to conduct occurring after\nthe date of enactment.\nPay-As-You-Go Scoring\nAccording to TCJ (Silas) and BASD (Balis), H.R. 796 could\nincrease receipts to the Federal Government due to provisions in\nthe bill that would impose criminal penalties and civil remedies\nagainst individuals not complying with the bill's requirements.\nThe fines would be deposited in the Crime Victims Fund and spent\nin the following year. The net pay-as-you-go effect of H.R. 796\nis zero. CBO preliminarily agrees with the OMB estimates.\nLEGISLATIVE REFERENCE DIVISION\nNovember 12, 1993 - 5:15 P.M.\nABORTION\nCLINIC PROTECTION BILL\n*\nThe President strongly supports the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances\nAct, which would make it a crime to use force to interfere with a woman\nwho has chosen to have an abortion.\n*\nIt is possible to disagree on the issue of abortion, to demonstrate, to express\nyour views very forcefully, without engaging in physical violence or blocking\nwomen from doing what it is still their Constitutional right to do.\n*\nIt appears likely that both the House and Senate will pass this bill before\nthey leave for Thanksgiving. We certainly hope that they do, so that the\nPresident will be able to sign it into law as soon as possible.\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nOffice of the Press Secretary\nFor Immediate Release\nJanuary 22, 1993\nJanuary 22, 1993\nMEMORANDUM FOR THE ACTING ADMINISTRATOR OF THE AGENCY\nFOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT\nSUBJECT:\nAID Family Planning Grants/Mexico City Policy\nThe Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 prohibits nongovernmental\norganizations (\"NGO's\") that receive Federal funds from using\nthose funds \"to pay for the performance of abortions as a method\nof family planning, or to motivate or coerce any person to\npractice abortions.\" (22 U.S.C. 2151b(f) (1) The August 1984\nannouncement by President Reagan of what has become known as the\n\"Mexico City Policy\" directed the Agency for International\nDevelopment (\"AID\") to expand this limitation and withhold AID\nfunds from NGO's that engage in a wide range of activities,\nincluding providing advice, counseling, or information regarding\nabortion, or lobbying a foreign government to legalize or make\nabortion available. These conditions have been imposed even\nwhere an NGO uses non-AID funds for abortion-related activities.\nThese excessively broad anti-abortion conditions are\nunwarranted. I am informed that the conditions are not man-\ndated by the Foreign Assistance Act or any other law. Moreover,\nthey have undermined efforts to promote safe and efficacious\nfamily planning programs in foreign nations. Accordingly, I\nhereby direct that AID remove the conditions not explicitly\nmandated by the Foreign Assistance Act or any other law from all\ncurrent AID grants to NGO's and exclude them from future grants.\nWILLIAM J. CLINTON\n# # #\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nOffice of the Press Secretary\nFor Immediate Release\nJanuary 22, 1993\nJanuary 22, 1993\nMEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE\nSUBJECT:\nPrivately Funded Abortions at Military Hospitals\nSection 1093 of title 10 of the United States Code prohibits the\nuse of Department of Defense (\"DOD\") funds to perform abortions\nexcept where the life of a woman would be endangered if the\nfetus were carried to term. By memoranda of December 21, 1987,\nand June 21, 1988, DOD has gone beyond what I am informed are\nthe requirements of the statute and has banned all abortions at\nU.S. military facilities, even where the procedure is privately\nfunded. This ban is unwarranted. Accordingly, I hereby direct\nthat you reverse the ban immediately and permit abortion\nservices to be provided, if paid for entirely with non-DOD\nfunds and in accordance with other relevant DOD policies and\nprocedures.\nYou are hereby authorized and directed to publish this\nmemorandum in the Federal Register.\nWILLIAM J. CLINTON\n# # #\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nOffice of the Press Secretary\nFor Immediate Release\nJanuary 22, 1993\nJanuary 22, 1993\nMEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES\nSUBJECT:\nImportation of RU-486\nIn Import Alert 66-47, the Food and Drug Administration (\"FDA\")\nexcluded the drug Mifepristine -- commonly known as RU-486 --\nfrom the list of drugs that individuals can import into the\nUnited States for their \"personal use,\" although the drugs have\nnot yet been approved for distribution by the FDA. (See FDA\nRegulatory Procedures Manual, Chapter 9-71.) Import Alert 66-47\neffectively bans the importation into this Nation of a drug that\nis used in other nations as a nonsurgical means of abortion.\nI am informed that in excluding RU-486 from the personal use\nimportation exemption, the FDA appears to have based its\ndecision on factors other than an assessment of the possible\nhealth and safety risks of the drug. Accordingly, I hereby\ndirect that you promptly instruct the FDA to determine whether\nthere is sufficient evidence to warrant exclusion of RU-486 from\nthe list of drugs that qualify for the personal use importation\nexemption. Furthermore, if the FDA concludes that RU-486 meets\nthe criteria for the personal use importation exemption, I\ndirect that you immediately take steps to rescind Import\nAlert 66-47.\nIn addition, I direct that you promptly assess initiatives by\nwhich the Department of Health and Human Services can promote\nthe testing, licensing, and manufacturing in the United States\nof RU-486 or other antiprogestins.\nYou are hereby authorized and directed to publish this\nmemorandum in the Federal Register.\nWILLIAM J. CLINTON\n# # #\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nOffice of the Press Secretary\nFor Immediate Release\nJanuary 22, 1993\nJanuary 22, 1993\nMEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES\nSUBJECT:\nFederal Funding of Fetal Tissue Transplantation\nResearch\nOn March 22, 1988, the Assistant Secretary for Health of\nHealth and Human Services (\"HHS\") imposed a temporary moratorium\non Federal funding of research involving transplantation of\nfetal tissue from induced abortions. Contrary to the recom-\nmendations of a National Institutes of Health advisory panel,\non November 2, 1989, the Secretary of Health and Human Services\nextended the moratorium indefinitely. This moratorium has\nsignificantly hampered the development of possible treatments\nfor individuals afflicted with serious diseases and disorders,\nsuch as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, and\nleukemia. Accordingly, I hereby direct that you immediately\nlift the moratorium.\nYou are hereby authorized and directed to publish this\nmemorandum in the Federal Register.\nWILLIAM J. CLINTON\n# # #\nMAR 31 '93\n7:04\nFROM\nPAGE 02\nFILE:Abortion\nPINENTES\nOFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE\nWASHINGTON, D.C. 20301\nMEMORANDUM\nTo:\nGeorge Stephanopolus\nFrom:\nVernon A. Guidry, Jr.\nDate:\n31 March 1993\nSubject:\nAbortions at Overseas Military Facilities\nGeorge, I caught yesterday's exchange on abortions. Attached is the guidance we use\non abortions at overseas military facilities. I hope it might be helpful.\nAttachment\nN Plean copy\n\"Dee Der\nFulm f to to nu.\nMAR 31 '93\n7:05\nFROM\nAbortion Policy Tab\n/\nMarch 18, 1993\nQ:\nWhat is the DoD policy on abortions overseas?\nA:\n0\nLet me walk you through a little of the history of this policy:\nIn 1982, the so-called \"Hyde Amendment\" prohibited funding for abortions\nin DoD facilities unless the life of the mother was in danger.\nWhile DoD adhered to this legislation-and did not use taxpayer funds to\npay for elective abortions, we did allow beneficiaries to pay for their\nabortions in military facilities overseas where quality care was not locally\navailable. This practice was known as \"pre-paid abortions.\"\nIn 1988, DoD reviewed the policy of pre-paid abortions. Although no legal\nviolations were found, a determination was made that this practice showed\ninsensitivity to the spirit of Congressionally-enacted policy of withholding\ngovernment involvement in the provision of abortions.\nConsequently, all pre-paid abortions in military treatment facilities overseas\nwere stopped as of October 1, 1988. (ASD (Health Affairs) memo of June\n21, 1988).\n0\nAvailable figures show the Services performed 100 prepaid abortions in\n1983; 37 in 1984; 12 in 1985; 17 in 1986; 5 in 1987; and 8 in 1988.\n0\nOn January 22, 1993, President Clinton reversed the 1988 ban on pre-paid\nabortions in overseas hospitals. Consequently, Secretary Aspin sent an\nAbortion Policy Tab\n1\nMarch 18, 1993\nMAR\n7:05\nFROM\nAbortion Policy Tab\n/\nMarch 18, 1993\nimplementing instruction to the Military Services on February 4, 1993,\ndirecting them to reinstate the abortion policy prior to October 1, 1988.\nCharges for these abortions were placed at the existing rate for same-day\nsurgery, which for FY 93 is $477/day.\nThe Secretary's memo also stated that other relevant DoD policies and\npractices apply. In particular, host nation prohibitions on such procedures\nmust be followed; it has also long been a practice of the Military Services\nthat medical personnel will not be forced to act in conflict with their own\nmoral, ethical or religious convictions for elective procedures. That\npractice will continue.\nThe Military Departments are currently developing implementing instruc-\ntions as a result of Secretary Aspin's memo last month. In Europe, for\nexample, the Army is surveying medical personnel, identifying specific host\nnation laws, and developing a concept of how the command will comply\nwith the President's order.\no\nAlthough some physicians have expressed unwillingness to perform the\nprocedure, the Military Services WILL BE implementing the policy-with the\npossibility that gynecologists will be available in central locations to\nperform abortions.\nIn addition, while these policies are being finalized, abortion services are\nlegally available in most European host nation civilian facilities--at no\ngreater fee than is being charged in the military facilities.\nAbortion Policy Tab\n2\nMarch 18, 1993\nMAR 31 '93\n7106\nFROM\nPAGE 05\nADOTTION POINCY 18D\n/\nMarch 18, 1993\n0\nThe DoD health care system is working to develop effective, quality medical\npractices implemeting national policy. During this time, requests for\nabortions are being considered; in fact, the Army in Europe reports it has\nreceived only one abortion request since the President's policy was\nannounced and that woman is being accommodated.\nHousen\nScheral $\nAbortion Policy Tab\n3\nMarch 18, 1993\nFILE: Abortion\n4/6/93 b.t.\nTALKING POINTS ON REPEAL OF BAN ON FEHB COVERAGE OF ABORTION\nI. CURRENT LAW\nThe Treasury/Postal Appropriations bill for the current fiscal year provides that \"no\nfunds appropriated by this Act shall be available for an abortion, or the administrative\nexpenses in connection with any health plan under the Federal employees health benefit\nprogram which provides any benefits or coverage for abortions. [except] where the life of\nthe mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term.\"\nThis provision has prevented federally employed women, and dependents of federal\nemployees, from obtaining abortions under their Federal health insurance plans.\nII. HISTORY\nThe restriction was established in 1982 after a court battle over Reagan\nAdministration attempts to do this administratively. Previously, most FEHB plans (not all)\ncovered abortion.\nIII. BUDGET PROPOSAL\nAs with the Hyde amendment, the FY 1994 President's budget does not propose\ncontinuation of this restriction. It indicates that the Administration will work with the\nCongress to facilitate an approach that is consistent with both Federal and state law.\nIV. FAIRNESS\nMany private health care plans cover abortion services as part of their coverage of\nreproductive health services generally. Coverage varies widely, and we don't have enough\ninformation at this time to be able to characterize the proportion of those which do. We\nhope to get more information on this.\nV. PROCESS\nThe Office of Personnel Management sent out its annual call letter on 3/31/93 to\nhealth insurance plans asking them to submit proposals for 1994 coverage, rates, etc. The\nletter neither requires plans to provide abortion benefits nor precludes them from doing so.\nThose who wish to provide abortion benefits will probably submit proposals with and without\nabortion. If the restriction is not continued, OPM would permit but not require plans to\noffer these benefits beginning with the 1994 contract (calendar) year. Federal employees will\nthus have the option of choosing (and paying for) a health benefits plan which covers\nabortion.\nVI. COST\nThere are no reliable cost figures. Employees currently contribute about 28% of\npremium costs, while the Federal government contributes the remainder, but it's difficult to\ndetermine how insurance carriers would price it.\nVII. HEALTH CARE REFORM\nNo decisions have been made regarding the services to be included in the President's\nhealth care reform proposal.\nFILE ABORTION\nTALKING POINTS ON REPEAL OF BAN ON FEHB COVERAGE OF ABORTION\nI. CURRENT LAW\nThe Treasury/Postal Appropriations bill for the current fiscal year provides that \"no\nfunds appropriated by this Act shall be available for an abortion, or the administrative\nexpenses in connection with any health plan under the Federal employees health benefit\nprogram which provides any benefits or coverage for abortions. [except] where the life of\nthe mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term.\"\nThis provision has prevented federally employed women, and dependents of federal\nemployees, from obtaining abortions under their Federal health insurance plans.\nII. HISTORY\nThe restriction was established in 1982 after a court battle over Reagan Administration\nattempts to do this administratively. Previously, most FEHB plans (not all) covered abortion.\nIII. BUDGET PROPOSAL\nAs with the Hyde amendment, the FY 1994 President's budget does not propose\ncontinuation of this restriction. It indicates that the Administration will work with the\nCongress to facilitate an approach that is consistent with both Federal and state law.\nIV. FAIRNESS\nMany private health care plans cover abortion services as part of their coverage of\nreproductive health services generally. Coverage varies widely, and we don't have enough\ninformation at this time to be able to characterize the proportion of those which do. We hope\nto get more information on this.\nV. PROCESS\nThe Office of Personnel Management sent out its annual call letter on 3/31/93 to\nhealth insurance plans asking them to submit proposals for 1994 coverage, rates, etc. The\nletter neither requires plans to provide abortion benefits nor precludes them from doing so.\nThose who wish to provide abortion benefits will probably submit proposals with and without\nabortion. If the restriction is not continued, OPM would permit but not require plans to offer\nthese benefits beginning with the 1994 contract (calendar) year. Federal employees will thus\nhave the option of choosing (and paying for) a health benefits plan which covers abortion.\nVI. COST\nThere are no reliable cost figures. Employees currently contribute about 28% of\npremium costs, while the Federal government contributes the remainder, but it's difficult to\ndetermine how insurance carriers would price it.\nVII. HEALTH CARE REFORM\nNo decisions have been made regarding the services to be included in the President's\nhealth care reform proposal.\nfile: : Abortion\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nOffice of the Press Secretary\nFor Immediate Release\nMarch 11, 1993\nSTATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT\nI was saddened and angered by the fatal shooting in Pensacola\nyesterday of Dr. David Gunn. The violence against clinics must\nstop. As a nation committed to rule of law, we cannot allow\nviolent vigilantes to restrict the rights of American women. No\nperson seeking medical care, and no physician providing that\ncare, should have to endure harassment, threats or intimidation.\n###\nABorTIoN\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nJanuary 29, 1993\nMEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT\now\nFROM:\nCHRISTINE A. VARNEY\nSUBJECT:\nAID Family Planning Grants/Mexico City Policy\nThe attached memorandum from James H. Michel, Acting\nAdministrator, Agency for International Development, advises you\nthat AID has taken action to fully comply with your memorandum\nregarding the Family Planning Grants Mexico City Policy.\nAttachment\nbcc: Bernard Nussbaum\nCarol Rasco\nDee. Dee Myers\nMrs. Clinton\nATPM6 (wer)\nAgency for International Development\nWashington, D.C. 20523\nOffice of\nthe Administrator\nJanuary 27, 1993\nMEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT\nFROM:\nJames H. Michel, Acting Administrator\nyam\nSUBJECT: AID Family Planning Grants/Mexico city Policy\nIn accordance with your memorandum of January 22, 1993, the\nAgency for International Development has:\n-- directed grant officers immediately to delete\nfrom all grants and cooperative agreements\nwith nongovernmental organizations those\nconditions that implemented the Mexico city\nPolicy; and\n-- directed all overseas A.I.D. missions\nimmediately to advise nongovernmental\norganizations that had previously been denied\nor had refused to accept assistance because\nof the Mexico City Policy that these\nrestrictions are no longer in effect.\nThe foregoing actions will bring the programs and activities of\nA.I.D. fully into compliance with your directive.\nIn addition, A.I.D. staff are consulting with the staff of the\nNational Security Council with regard to the application of\nexisting legislation to the United Nations Population Fund\n(UNFPA).\nJan 29.93 12:37 No.003 P.02\nTEL :202-647-1770\nSCO/SE\nAgency for International Development\nWashington, D.C. 20523\nOffice of\nJanuary 27, 1993\nthe Administrator\nMEMORANDUM FOR: AA/FA, Richard A. Ames\nSUBJECT: Standard Clause for Implementing the Mexico city Policy\nin Agreements with Nongovernmental Organizations\nIn order to carry out the directive contained in the\nattached memorandum from the President, please direct grant\nofficers immediately to amend, by letter, each grant or\ncooperative agreement with a U.S. or foreign nongovernmental\norganization (NGO) which contains the conditions that implement\nthe Mexico city Policy. This amendment should delete, from the\nstandard provision regarding Voluntary Population Planning,\nparagraph (d) entitled Ineligibility of Foreign Nongovernmental\nOrganizations That Perform or Actively Promote Abortion As A\nMethod of Family Planning.\nI would appreciate your informing me when this action has\nbeen completed. In addition, as directed by the President, the\naforementioned paragraph (d) is not to be included in any new\ngrants or cooperative agreements with U.S. or foreign NGOs.\nJames H. Mar Michel\nActing Administrator\nAttachment:\n30°c £00' °N 12:37 29..93 yer\nTEL :202-647-1770\nES/CCS\nAPPR: JHM yearsm\nDRAFT: ST ( )\nCLEAR: EM ( )\nUNCLASSIFIED\nCLEAR: DGG ( )\nCLEAR: AVD ( )\nAID/GC/CP:STISA:CAD\nCLEAR: JM ( )\n01/27/93 (202) 647-8416\nAID/A/AID:JMICHEL\nCLEAR: LS ( )\nAID/RD/POP:EMAGUIRE\nAID/D/AA/RD:DGGILLESPIE\nAID/A/AA/RD:AVANDUSEN\nAID/GC:JMULLEN\nAID/POL:LSAIERS\nAID/A/AA/LEG:MO'SULLIVAN (INFO)\nAID/AA/FA:RAMES\nAID/ES:JMWOLFE\nIMMEDIATE AWIDE\nAIDAC\nE.O. 12356: N/A\nTAGS:\nSUBJECT: A.I.D. FAMILY PLANNING GRANTS/MEXICO CITY POLICY\nTO MISSION DIRECTORS/AIDREPS FROM THE ACTING ADMINISTRATOR\n1. ON JANUARY 22, 1993, PRESIDENT CLINTON SIGNED AND SENT\nTHE FOLLOWING MEMORANDUM TO ME:\n(QUOTE) THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961 PROHIBITS\nNONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (\"NGO'S) THAT RECEIVE\nFEDERAL FUNDS FROM USING THOSE FUNDS \"TO PAY FOR THE\nPERFORMANCE OF ABORTIONS AS A METHOD OF FAMILY PLANNING,\nOR TO MOTIVATE OR COERCE ANY PERSON TO PRACTICE\nABORTIONS.\" (22 U.S.C. 215B(F) (1)). THE AUGUST 1984\nANNOUNCEMENT BY PRESIDENT REAGAN OF WHAT HAS BECOME KNOWN\nAS THE \"MEXICO CITY POLICY\" DIRECTED THE AGENCY FOR\nINTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (A.I.D.) TO EXPAND THIS\nLIMITATION AND WITHHOLD A.I.D. FUNDS FROM NGO'S THAT\nENGAGE IN A WIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING PROVIDING\nADVICE, COUNSELING, OR INFORMATION REGARDING ABORTION, OR\nLOBBYING A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT TO LEGALIZE OR MAKE ABORTION\nAVAILABLE. THESE CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN IMPOSED EVEN WHERE\nAN NGO USES NON-A.I.D. FUNDS FOR ABORTION-RELATED\nACTIVITIES.\nUNCLASSIFIED\nJan 29,93 12:37 No.003 P.04\nSCO/SE\nUNCLASSIFIED\n2\nTHESE EXCESSIVELY BROAD ANTI-ABORTION CONDITIONS ARE\nUNWARRANTED. I AM INFORMED THAT THE CONDITIONS ARE NOT\nMANDATED BY THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OR ANY OTHER LAW.\nMOREOVER, THEY HAVE UNDERMINED EFFORTS TO PROMOTE SAFE AND\nEFFICACIOUS FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMS IN FOREIGN NATIONS.\nACCORDINGLY, I HEREBY DIRECT THAT A.I.D. REMOVE THE\nCONDITIONS NOT EXPLICITLY MANDATED BY THE FOREIGN\nASSISTANCE ACT OR ANY OTHER LAW FROM ALL CURRENT A.I.D.\nGRANTS TO NGO'S AND EXCLUDE THEM FROM FUTURE GRANTS.\nWILLIAM J. CLINTON (UNQUOTE)\n2. I HAVE GIVEN THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTION TO AA/FA:\nQUOTE: IN ORDER TO CARRY OUT THE DIRECTIVE CONTAINED IN\nTHE ATTACHED MEMORANDUM FROM THE PRESIDENT, PLEASE DIRECT\nGRANT OFFICERS IMMEDIATELY TO AMEND, BY LETTER, EACH GRANT\nOR COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH A U.S. OR FOREIGN\nNONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION (NGO) WHICH CONTAINS THE\nCONDITIONS THAT IMPLEMENT THE MEXICO CITY POLICY. THIS\nAMENDMENT SHOULD DELETE, FROM THE STANDARD PROVISION\nREGARDING VOLUNTARY POPULATION PLANNING, PARAGRAPH (D)\nQUOTE ENTITLED INELIGIBILITY OF FOREIGN NONGOVERNMENTAL\nORGANIZATIONS THAT PERFORM OR ACTIVELY PROMOTE ABORTION AS\nA METHOD OF FAMILY PLANNING. UNQUOTE\nI WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR INFORMING ME WHEN THIS ACTION HAS\nBEEN COMPLETED. IN ADDITION, AS DIRECTED BY THE\nPRESIDENT, THE AFOREMENTIONED PARAGRAPH (D) IS NOT TO BE\nINCLUDED IN ANY NEW GRANTS OR COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH\nU.S. OR FOREIGN NGOS. UNQUOTE\n3. ADDRESSEES ARE INSTRUCTED TO TAKE THE SAME ACTIONS\nTHAT ARE DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH 2 ABOVE, INCLUDING A\nREPORT WHEN THOSE ACTIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. IN\nADDITION, PLEASE INFORM IMMEDIATELY THOSE NGOS WHICH HAVE\nNOT BEEN CONSIDERED FOR POPULATION ASSISTANCE OR WHICH\nHAVE NOT ACCEPTED GRANTS FROM A.I.D. IN THE PAST BECAUSE\nOF THESE CONDITIONS IMMEDIATELY THAT THESE RESTRICTIONS\nARE NO LONGER IN EFFECT.\nYY\nUNCLASSIFIED\n12:37 No.003 P.05\nJan 29,93\n:20-647-1720\nSCO/SE\nAPPR: JM you\nDRAFT: ST\nCLEAR: EM resit\nCLEAR: DGG/S)\nCLEAR: AVD AP\nCLEAR: JM 901\nCLEAR: LS Bit for\nUNCLASSIFIED\n3\nCLEARANCES {CONT'D}\nAID/OPS/MRP:JJORDAN YY\nAID/DAA/FA:JFOWeRS\nAID/ES:JMWOLFE\nEXPT\nXN\n90°d 300' ON 12:37 29.93 Jan\n$00/$3\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nJanuary 22, 1993\nMEMORANDUM FOR THE ACTING ADMINISTRATOR OF THE AGENCY\nFOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT\nSUBJECT:\nAID Family Planning Grants/Mexico city Policy\nThe Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 prohibits nongovernmental\norganizations (\"NGO's\") that receive Federal funds from using\nthose funds \"to pay for the performance of abortions as a method\nof family planning, or to motivate or coerce any person to\npractice abortions.\" (22 U.S.C. 2151b (f) (1)). The August 1984\nannouncement by President Reagan of what has become known as the\n\"Mexico city Policy\" directed the Agency for International\nDevelopment (\"AID\") to expand this limitation and withhold AID\nfunds from NGO's that engage in a wide range of activities,\nincluding providing advice, counseling, or information regarding\nabortion, or lobbying a foreign government to legalize or make\nabortion available. These conditions have been imposed even\nwhere an NGO uses non-AID funds for abortion-related activities.\nThese excessively broad anti-abortion conditions are\nunwarranted. I am informed that the conditions are not man-\ndated by the Foreign Assistance Act or any other law. Moreover,\nthey have undermined efforts to promote safe and efficacious\nfamily planning programs in foreign nations. Accordingly, I\nhereby direct that AID remove the conditions not explicitly\nmandated by the Foreign Assistance Act or any other law from all\ncurrent AID grants to NGO's and exclude them from future grants.\nuriniam -.J Clinter\nJan 29.93 12:37 No.003 P.07\nTEL:202-647-1770\nSOO/SE\nWithdrawal/Redaction Marker\nClinton Library\nDOCUMENT NO.\nSUBJECT/TITLE\nDATE\nRESTRICTION\nAND TYPE\n001. memo\nPage Gardner to Clinton Campaign Leadership; re: NARAL [National\n10/07/1992\nPersonal Misfile\nAbortion & Reproductive Rights Action League] Activities Until\nElection Day (6 pages)\nCOLLECTION:\nClinton Presidential Records\nPress Secretary\nDee Dee Myers\nOA/Box Number: 4484\nFOLDER TITLE:\nAbortion [1]\n2011-0587-F\njp3786\nRESTRICTION CODES\nPresidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]\nFreedom of Information Act - 15 U.S.C. 552(b)]\nP1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRAJ\nb(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]\nP2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office |(a)(2) of the PRA]\nb(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of\nP3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA]\nan agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]\nP4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or\nb(3) Release would violate a Federal statute |(b)(3) of the FOIA]\nfinancial information [(a)(4) of the PRA|\nb(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial\nP5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President\ninformation [(b)(4) of the FOIA]\nand his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA]\nb(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of\nP6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of\npersonal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]\npersonal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA\nh(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement\npurposes |(b)(7) of the FOIA]\nC. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed\nb(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of\nof gift.\nfinancial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]\nPRM. Personal record misfile defined in accordance with 44 U.S.C.\nb(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information\n2201(3).\nconcerning wells |(b)(9) of the FOIA]\nRR. Document will be reviewed upon request.\nSEP-22-92 TUE 16:27\nP. J3\nAbortion\nNARAL\nNews Release\nSTATEMENT OF KATE MICHELMAN\nCONTACT: Sara Pines\nPresident\nLoretta Ucelli\nNational Abortion Rights Action League\n202/408-4615\nOn Today's Action In Louisiana\nSeptember 22, 1992\nLouisiana women are safe from criminal bans on abortion for\ntoday, but only temporarily -- America remains one Supreme Court\nJustice away from losing the fundamental freedom to choose and\nreturning to the days when women were forced into back alleys for\nhealth care. The next President will appoint the Justice who\nwill cast the deciding vote on state laws that ban abortion. If\nPresident Bush puts one more Clarence Thomas on the Supreme\nCourt, states like Louisiana and Utah will enforce criminal bans\non abortion, and our freedom to choose will be destroyed.\n30 : :\nPHOTOCOPY\nPRESERVATION\nNational\n1101 14th Street. N.W. 5th Floor\nAbortion Rights\nWashington. D.C. 20005\nCHOICE\nFLIP-FLOP #1: HUMAN LIFE AMENDMENT:\nFLIP:\n\"I do not want to amend the Constitution to override the decision of the\nSupreme Court.\" [News Conference, 2/17/80]\nFLOP:\n\"I think America needs a human life amendment...\" [N.Y. Times, 10/14/89]\nFLIP-FLOP #2: OVERTURNING ROE V. WADE:\nFLIP:\n\"[Reagan] opposes me for not wanting to amend the Supreme Court decision\non abortion. I happen to think it was right.\" [Rolling Stone, 3/20/80]\nFLOP:\n\"I think the Supreme Court's decision in Roe versus Wade was wrong and\nshould be overturned.\" [Speaking to March for Life Rally, 1/23/89]\nFLIP-FLOP #3: FEDERAL FUNDING FOR VICTIMS OF RAPE AND INCEST:\nFLIP:\nFebruary, 1980: \"I oppose federal funding of abortion except in the case of\nrape, incest and the life of the mother.\" [NYT, 10/14/89]\nFLOP:\nOctober, 1989: Q. \"Are you opposed to Federal funding to help pay for the\nabortions for young women who are victims of rape or incest? Are you\nunalterably opposed, or is there some room for compromise -- \"\nA. \"Yes, I'm opposed\". [NYT, 10/14/89]\nFLIP-FLOP #4: SENDING WOMEN TO JAIL?:\nFLIP:\n\"Staking out a new position, Bush said during the debate that while he had not\n'sorted out the penalties' that might be imposed if abortion became illegal,\n'there's got to be some penalties to enforce the -- enforce the law -- whatever\nthey may be.'\" [Boston Globe, 9/27/88]\nFLOP:\n\"Vice President George Bush yesterday backed off his statement during\nSunday night's debate that he might favor criminal penalties for women who\nhave abortions\". [Boston Globe, 9/27/88]\nFLIP-FLOP #5: ABORTION LITMUS TEST ON APPOINTEES:\nFLIP:\n1988 Campaign: \"Significantly, however, [Bush] said his opposition to\nabortion is 'not a litmus test that everybody has to agree with'\". [AP, 9/10/88]\nFLOP:\nNovember, 1989: After Antonia Novello was nominated for Attorney General,\nWhite House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater confirmed that her anti-abortion\nstance was a prerequisite for getting the job. Although he denied that there\nwas a litmus test, he stated, \"We don't hire people that don't support our\npolicies. That is a hard and fast rule.\" [AP, 11/1/89]\nC:\\BUSH\\CHOICE; 08/05/92 12:48\nCHOICE\nFLIP-FLOP #1: HUMAN LIFE AMENDMENT:\nFLIP:\n\"I do not want to amend the Constitution to override the decision of the\nSupreme Court.\" [News Conference, 2/17/80]\nFLOP:\n\"I think America needs a human life amendment...\" [N.Y. Times, 10/14/89]\nFLIP-FLOP #2: OVERTURNING ROE V. WADE:\nFLIP:\n\"[Reagan] opposes me for not wanting to amend the Supreme Court decision\non abortion. I happen to think it was right.\" [Rolling Stone, 3/20/80]\nFLOP:\n\"I think the Supreme Court's decision in Roe versus Wade was wrong and\nshould be overturned.\" [Speaking to March for Life Rally, 1/23/89]\nFLIP-FLOP #3: FEDERAL FUNDING FOR VICTIMS OF RAPE AND INCEST:\nFLIP:\nFebruary, 1980: \"I oppose federal funding of abortion except in the case of\nrape, incest and the life of the mother.\" [NYT, 10/14/89]\nFLOP:\nOctober, 1989: Q. \"Are you opposed to Federal funding to help pay for the\nabortions for young women who are victims of rape or incest? Are you\nunalterably opposed, or is there some room for compromise -- \"\nA. \"Yes, I'm opposed\". [NYT, 10/14/89]\nFLIP-FLOP #4: SENDING WOMEN TO JAIL?:\nFLIP:\n\"Staking out a new position, Bush said during the debate that while he had not\n'sorted out the penalties' that might be imposed if abortion became illegal,\n'there's got to be some penalties to enforce the -- enforce the law -- whatever\nthey may be.'\" [Boston Globe, 9/27/88]\nFLOP:\n\"Vice President George Bush yesterday backed off his statement during\nSunday night's debate that he might favor criminal penalties for women who\nhave abortions\". [Boston Globe, 9/27/88]\nFLIP-FLOP #5: ABORTION LITMUS TEST ON APPOINTEES:\nFLIP:\n1988 Campaign: \"Significantly, however, [Bush] said his opposition to\nabortion is 'not a litmus test that everybody has to agree with'\". [AP, 9/10/88]\nFLOP:\nNovember, 1989: After Antonia Novello was nominated for Attorney General,\nWhite House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater confirmed that her anti-abortion\nstance was a prerequisite for getting the job. Although he denied that there\nwas a litmus test, he stated, \"We don't hire people that don't support our\npolicies. That is a hard and fast rule.\" [AP, 11/1/89]\nC:\\BUSH\\CHOICE; 08/05/92 12:48\nCLINTON STUNG\nBY FLIP-FLOP\nON ABORTION\nB, DI BORAH ORIN Washington Bureau Chief\nDemocrat Bill Clinton Inces new credibility questions on abortion rights\nafter being quoted in the new Render's Digest as anying he has \"no prob-\nlem\" in principle with A 24 hour waiting period\nClinton presents the opposite stance in his position paper on women's\nIssues. where he describes himself its pro-choice and says he \"fought suc\ncessfully against mandatory\nwalting periods\" in Arkansas\n\"He's trying to muslead people\nHe's saying different things to dif-\n\"He's trying to\nferent people.\" said Douglas John\nson of the National Right to Life\nmislead people.\"\nCommittee, which Is publicizing the\nDOUGLAS JOHNSON NATIONAL\ncontradiction\nRIGHT TOTURE COMMITTEE\n-It's duplicitous He figures. accu\nrately. that most of the people who\nread Reader's Digret AT right-k-\nClinion who signed an Arkansas\nlife.\"\nlaw requiring that minors notify\nThe Clinton campaign didn't In\nboth parents before HG with n.\nmediately registed to requests for\nBhild he opposes required parental\ncomment\nconsent Although madly expects\nIt's the accond time that Clinton's\nMY little difference between the two\ncredibility on the emotional Alvin.\nClinton has confirmed after\nHon Issue have come late question\nthe COP released the letter\nThe Post reported in July that be\nthat back In 1986. he wrote 10 Ar.\ntold less than the birth when he\nkansas Right to Life: \"I on sup.\nclaimed In A New York debite Ins:\nPrint the concept of the proposed\nApril that be M right 10\nArkansas Constitutional (right-\nlife amendment to the Arkansur\ntollife) Amendment 6: and agree\nRinte Constitution\nwith its stated purpose.\"\nClinton did not publicly opperse the\nThe stated purpose that Clinton\nmeasure - and 11; live. whole a\nendorsed was this \"It 15 11.c public\n1946 letter endorsing the right-to\npolicy of the state of Arkansas to\nlife amendment. which also called\npromote the health. safety and well\nfor 8 been on public funding of above.\nfare of every unbon child from\nUSA\nconception until birth.\"\nPresident Bush while sticking\nClinton's campaign has never ex.\nto his right-to-life stance - has re-\nplained the contradiction between\ncently begun downplaying the Idea\nthat letter and his ciaim that he op\nthat there will ever DO H right 10 He\nposed the right-to life measure\namendment to the U.S. C estitution\nA slightly modified version of the\nClinton's Reader's Dignst come\n1956 amendment making It clear\nment on 24-hour waiting periods\nbirth control WASN'T banned as we!!\ncame In response to a question\n- PASSANT and is new part of the Ar.\nabout the Pennsylvania alvertion\nkansas Constitution Chriton didn't\nlaw. which requires A 24 have delay\noppose that version elther\nm.d parental consent for minors.\nArkansas pulltions analyst Max\n\"I have no problem with 8 21 how\nBrantley has written that if the Sex\nwasting period. R5 leng as :: is n :\npreme Court were 10 overturn Time\na: undue burden on him Income\nVS Warle which legallard aboution\npeople who Savel leng distances In\nThe state amendment [Clinton's st\nstates where Alxim! am 15:-\nlener helped pars will the Arkan-\nformed only In are (*) two places,\"\n545 one of the most restrictive atom\nChaton is gooted\nU.S. laws in the land\"\nunage.\n4A THURSDAY. OCTOBER 1. 1992 USA TODAY\nMonthly spending for trio\nCampaign spending by Ross Perot. President Bush\nand Bill Clinton for the past SIX months (in millions):\nELECTION '92\nMonth\nPerot\nBush\nClinton\nMarch\n$.4\n$7.0\n$5.4\nApril\n$1.1\n$3.6\n$4.4\nMay\n$2.5\n$2.9\n$5.3\nA LOOK AT THE CANDIDATES AND THE ISSUES\nJune\n$3.9\n$2.9\n$4.1\nJuly\n$6.6\n$7.3\n$6.4\nAugust\n$4.0\n$4.7\n$12.4\nClinton gets behind\nTotals\n$18.5\n$28.4\n$38.0\nMonthly avg.\n$3.1\n$4.7\n$6.3\nSource Federal Election Commission\n24-hour abortion wait\nCAMPAIGN PROPOSALS:\nBill Clinton. in the October issue of Reader's Diges.. savs\nEven\nas\nmost\npolitical\natter\nhe supports a 24-hour waiting period before an abortion. \"as\ntion focused on Ross Perot and the debate over debates\nlong as it is not an undue burden on low-income people who\nPresident Bush and Bill Clinton were making new proposai\ntravel long distances in states where abortions are per-\non the campaign trail:\nformed only in one or two places.\"\nBush. appealing to women voters. promised in Fond du\nIn May, Clinten con-\nLac., Wis.. to order the Internal Revenue Service to intens:\nElection coverage\ndemned a Supreme\nfy collection of child-support payments from \"deadbea:\nCourt ruling upholding a\ndads.\" Said Bush: \"Each year $5 billion in court-ordere\nchild support, $5 billion. fails to reach families and kids who\nDebates still not set. 1A\n24-hour waiting period in\nThe Perot factor: How\nPennsylvania. He also\ndesperately need it\" He also unverled a plan called Projec\nhas said he would sign\nKids (Keep Irresponsible Dads Supportive).\nreal?\nthe Freedom of Choice\nAmong his plans. some proposed by a bipartisan commis\nSpecial report: Cost of\nCongress. 6A, 7A,\nACL a measure being\nsion: Garnish paychecks. add child support to back taxe\nand make It a federal crime to move out-of-state to avoic\n15A\nconsidered in Congress\nClinton campaign fro-\nthat would prohibit such\nchild support. Clinton also has advocated stricter child sup\nport collection and the White House conceded his record or\nzen, 12A\nrestrictions.\nHousing starts. 18\nBlatant pancering\nchild support payments in Arkansas IS a good one.\ncharges the National\nClinton. in Clinton, Md., proposed a plan to help smal.\nRight to Life Committee\nbusinesses. including a new enterprise tax credit. making\n\"Clinton is committed 10 the entire legislative agence of\npermanent the research and development tax credit and\nthe abortion-on-demand crowd.\" says Right :0 Life's Doug-\ncutting government regulations.\nlas Johnson. \"But he's trying 10 camouflage himself as a\nCalling small business \"the engine of economic\nmoderate to middle America.\"\nClinton said \"I want a government that works with be\nNonsense. says the National Abortion Rights Action\nto spur growth. create jobs and increase incomes. Bush also\nLeague. which vigorously opposes 24-hour waiting periods.\nrecently called for various forms of tax credits to help smal\n\"He has worked in his state against waiting periods says\nbusinesses.\nNARAL's Lorena Ucelli. Besides. she says. \"The main\nis Bill Clinton is the pro-choice candidate. and he's leaps\nSCHOOL\nDAYS: Vice President Dan Quayle said in De\nand bounds better than George Bush on all of this\ntroit that attending public schools left him at \"a big disad\nClinton spokeswoman AVIS Lavelle says Clinton has con-\nvantage\" if he debates prep school alumnus Al Gore. \"It's\nsistently supported a voluntary 24-hour waiting period but\nthe public schools vs. the most expensive private schools if\ncontinues to oppose a mandatory one. She acknowledged\nWashington. D.C.,\" Quavie said. Quayle's office later called\nhe did not make that clear in his answer to Readers Digest.\nthe remarks a joke. not aimed at denigraung public educa\nPresident Bush opposes abortion. and the Republicans in\ntions. Quayle attended public schools in Huntington. Ind.\nAugust approved a platform calling for a consultional\nGore, who lived in Washington while his father. Albert Gore\namendment banning all abortions.\nSr., was a Tennessee senator. graduated from St. Alban:\nBut Vice President Quayle recently said laws like Penn-\nSchool for Boys. St Albans has links to both campaigns\nsylvania's. which restrict abortion but do not ban it are the\nBoth Quayle and Gore have sent children to the schools\nbest way to handle the issue.\n- Mimi Hall\nand two of President Bush's sons attended SL Albans.\nTAX\nTROUBLES:\nThe \"Year of the Woman\" doesn't guar-\nWHERE CANDIDATES ARE TODAY\nantee a trouble-free campaign. Democrat Lynn Yeake: now\ntrails GOP Sen. Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania polls.\nDemocrats: Bill Clinton - Interview, ABCs Good Morning\nAnd another prominent Senate candidate, Carol Mosely\nAmerica. 7:30 a.m.8 a.m. ET; gives foreign policy address\nBraun in Illinois, suddenly finds herself charged with mis-\nMilwaukee: Madison. Wis. Al Gore - Wausau, Green Bay\nhandling personal funds.\nand Madison. Wis.\nBraun Wednesday was accused of mishandling a $25.500\ninheritance windfall by her mother. a nursing home rest\nRepublicans: George Bush - Camp David. Md. Dan\ndent who receives Medicaid.\nQuayle - Columbus. Ind.: Dayton. Ohio.\nA local TV station said that in\nCompiled by David Colton. Contributing Jessica Lee.\n1989. Edna Moseley. an amputee,\nsigned over proceeds from umber\nrights to Braun and two other chil-\ndren. The money was not reported\nto Medicaid or the IRS. despite\nrules requiring recipients to report\nall assets to the government\nBraun defended her decision to\nbypass the IRS. saying \"There\nseems to be no state or federal tax\nliability here.\" As for not contact-\ning Medicaid. \"In hindsight. I\nUSA\nshould have taken greater control\nBRAUN: Oversignts\nI should have second-guessed\nnot deliberate\nmy mother.\" Braun said. \"If there\nwere errors or oversights. they were not deliberate.\"\nBraun. whose lawyers were set to meet with Medicaid\nofficials. vowed to take \"correcuve action\" if needed.\nRepublican challenger Richard Williamson. trailing by\ndouble-digts in recent polls. said: \"Her explanation doesn:\nhold\nwater\nHe accused her of a \"pattern of ethical labses\nAndrea Stone\nAbortion\nDRAFT\nfor all positions at the assistant secretary and above (AP\n10/30/89)\nAbortion\nO Before his confirmation by the Senate, Dr. Sullivan twice stated\nand twice reversed his belief in a woman's right to an abortion.\nAfter some coaching by a team of Bush advisers, he said he had\n\"misspoken\" and now believes in Bush's anti-abortion position (NYT\n2/24/89). Sullivan stated that he personally favors the right to\nan abortion, but he'll ignore his own beliefs and follow Bush.\nNARAL\nSTATEMENT OF KATE MICHELMAN\nCONTACT: Sara Fines\nExecutive Director\nLoretta Ucelli\nNational Abortion Rights Action League\n202/408-4615\nOn The U.S. Supreme Court Announcement\nThat It will Kear The Pennsylvania Abortion Case This Term\nJanuary 21, 1992\nThe days of safe and legal abortion in America are now\nnumbered. We are on the edge of a legal precipice, facing a\nfuture without the right to choose. Losing this right is no\nlonger distant and inconceivable -- because of President Bush, it\nis immediate and inevitable. For the first time in history,\nAmericans are losing & fundamental constitutional right -- and we\nhave only the Bush and Reagan administrations to blame.\nToday's announcement by the U.S. Supreme Court puts\nAmerica's future sharply into focus. on the eve or the 19th\nanniversary of Roe V. wade, the Court is sending America backward\nto the dangerous past. The Pennsylvania case is literally a\nmatter of life and death for American women, a direct challenge\nto legal abortion being heard by a Court that has been reshaped\nby two anti-choice Presidents. We know what this Court is going\nto do -- and now we know when this Court is going to do it. No\nmatter how the Court shapes its decision, if it tears at Ros one\nmore time, the Bush legacy will be the destruction of the\nfundamental right to choose - and America will soon be an\ninfinitely more dangerous place for women. There is no doubt\nwhere president Bush is leading America: Back to the days of back\nalley abortion for women facing crisis pregnancies.\nmore\nNational\n1101 14th Street, N.W., 6th Floor\nAbortion Rights\nWashington, D.C. 20005\nAction ARMIN\n202-408-4600\nAdd Two\nOne features a retired marine whose mother died because of\nan illegal abortion. Another features a woman talking about her\nback alley abortion. The others talk about where our nation is\nheaded, where George Bush is taking us. Let me play them for you\nnow\nWe intend to run these ads nationally on Cable News\nNetwork and locally in Washington D.C. and in other selected\nmarkets beginning next week.\nTo prepare for what lies ahead, MARAL has convened the\nNATIONAL COMMISSION ON AMERICA WITHOUT ROE, a blue-ribbon\nbipartisan Commission of prominent individuals that will meet\ntomorrow to begin devising a national plan for dealing with what\nlies ahead. The Commission will explore the consequences for\nwomen and families of the loss of this fundamental right. It\nwill consider stratagies to guarantee the right to legal, safe\nand accessible abortion for all women in an America without Reg.\nAnd it will recommend policies that address the social conditions\nthat foster the epidemic of unintended crisis pregnancies and\nforce millions of American women to face the abortion decision\nevery year.\nThis is & sad day for the nation. The clock is ticking, and\nit is merely a matter of months until we all suffer the terrible\nconsequences of the Bush/Reagan anti-choice appointments, until\nwomen facing crisis pregnancies are forced to choose between two\ngrim alternatives -- compulsory pregnancy and childbirth, or\nillegal, unsafe back alley abortions.\nBIOM\nAdd Three\nBut it also is merely a matter of time until opponents of\nchoice hear the pro-choice majority's message: In America, it's\nthe people, not the politicians who decide.\nNow, let me turn the podium over to Marrison Hickman, and\nthen we will take questions. Harrison\n-- 30 -\nWithdrawal/Redaction Marker\nClinton Library\nDOCUMENT NO.\nSUBJECT/TITLE\nDATE\nRESTRICTION\nAND TYPE\n002. memo\nGene Sperling to Governor Clinton & Staff; re: Background on Casey\n10/29/1992\nPersonal Misfile\nDecision (3 pages)\nCOLLECTION:\nClinton Presidential Records\nPress Secretary\nDee Dee Myers\nOA/Box Number: 4484\nFOLDER TITLE:\nAbortion [1]\n2011-0587-F\njp3786\nRESTRICTION CODES\nPresidential Records Act - 144 U.S.C. 2204(a)|\nFreedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)|\nPI National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA]\nb(1) National security classified information |(b)(1) of the FOIA]\nP2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office |(a)(2) of the PRAJ\nb(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of\nP3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRAJ\nan agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]\nP4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or\nb(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]\nfinancial information [(a)(4) of the PRAJ\nb(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial\nP5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President\ninformation |(b)(4) of the FOIA]\nand his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA]\nb(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of\nP6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of\npersonal privacy |(b)(6) of the FOIA]\npersonal privacy |(a)(6) of the PRA]\nb(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement\npurposes |(b)(7) of the FOIA]\nC. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed\nb(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of\nof gift.\nfinancial institutions |(b)(8) of the FOIA|\nPRM. Personal record misfile defined in accordance with 44 U.S.C.\nb(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information\n2201(3).\nconcerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA]\nRR. Document will be reviewed upon request.\nBill\nClinton\nFOR PRESIDENT COMMITTEE\nBILL CLINTON ON PROTECTING A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE\nBeing pro-choice is not being pro-abortion. It is recognizing that it's a terrible, difficult, painful decision\nthe morality of which should be debated by people free of government intrusion.\nThere ought to be people on the Supreme Court who respect the Bill of Rights and who recognize the right\nto privacy, including the right to choose.\nAS PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON WILL:\nSign into law the Freedom of Choice Act. Bill Clinton recognizes that personal privacy is a fundamental\nliberty guaranteed and protected by the United States Constitution; and that our government thus has no\nright to interfere with the difficult and intensely personal decisions women must sometimes make\nregarding abortion. As President, he will sign the Freedom of Choice Act to ensure that a woman's\nright to choose is not jeopardized by a Supreme Court reversal or limitation of Roe V. Wade.\nUrge Congress to repeal the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits federally funded abortions even for rape\nand incest victims.\nRepeal President Bush's \"gag\" rule, which prohibits medical personnel in federally funded clinics from\nadvising women on pregnancy options including abortion. As President, Bill Clinton would not veto\ncongressionally mandated public funding restrictions on the District of Columbia's use of locally raised\nrevenues until it is granted statehood.\nOppose any federal attempt to limit access to abortion through mandatory waiting periods or parental or\nspousal consent requirements; support state efforts to require some form of adult counseling or\nconsultation for underage girls who choose to have an abortion - as long as workable and effective\njudicial bypass provisions are attached to such laws.\nInitiate measures to protect women and care-givers from intimidation, harassment and threats posed by\nradical demonstrators who illegally block health clinics.\nReduce the need for abortion by urging Congress to re-authorize the Title X Family Planning Program;\nby prioritizing research and development of safe, effective contraception at the National Institutes of\nHealth; by providing improved family planning services and education programs; and by ensuring the\navailability of contraceptives to low-income women.\nNational Campaign Headquarters\nP.O. Box 615\nLittle Rock, Arkansas 72203\nTelephone (501) 372-1992\nFAX (501) 372-2292\nPaid for by the Clinton for President Committee\nPrinted on Recycled Paper\nContributions to the Clinton for President Committee are not tax deductible.\nI've asked P.P.\n4\nNARAL to send me ASPP\nDee Kroger Deec\nDC\ntheir releases / talking pts.\nGeorge\nPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHEASTERN\nNARAI\nCASEY\nNo. 91-744\n496-26444\n530-24470\nThe U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to review a shocking decision issued by the U.S.\nCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit, which ruled that abortion restrictions contained\nin an anti-choice Pennsylvania statute are constitutional and enforceable because Roe V1\nWade is no longer the law of the land. The lower court held that abortion restrictions\nno longer have to meet the stringent \"strict scrutiny\" test used by the U.S. Supreme Court\nto review governmental interference with fundamental rights and first applied to abortion\nrestrictions in Roe V, Wade, 410 U.S 113 (1973). The plaintiffs have asked the Supreme\nCourt to review the Circuit Court's decision and reaffirm Roe V, Wade.\nThe lower court's decision represents the first time that a federal court of appeals has\nheld that the standard established in Roe V. Wade is no longer the law and that a state\nmay enforce abortion restrictions that the Supreme Court previously has held to be\nunconstitutional under Roe. This case is the first case to reach the newly constituted\nU.S. Supreme Court and present the Court with an opportunity to overrule Roe V, Wade,\nwhich the Court is regarded as likely to do as a result of recent anti-choice appointments\nby Presidents Bush and Reagan.\nThe Third Circuit court ruled that, instead of applying the strict scrutiny test established\nin Roe and used to safeguard fundamental rights, courts must now evaluate abortion\nrestrictions under the far less protective \"undue burden\" standard articulated by Justice\nO'Connor in her dissents in prior cases. The court stated, \"We conclude that the undue\nburden standard adopted by Justice O'Connor was the narrowest grounds in the majority\nin Webster and Hodgson and is at present the law of the land.\" Slip op. at 85. Under\nthis standard, the right to choose would no longer be treated as a fundamental right and\ncourts would uphold the vast majority of abortion restrictions. Courts would uphold any\nregulation that does not impose a \"severe\" or \"drastic\" burden on a woman's ability to\nobtain an abortion, as long as the restriction is \"rationally\" related to a governmental\npurpose. As the court explained the standard, \"no undue burden is caused by abortion\nregulations that do not have a 'severe' or 'drastic' impact upon the time, cost, or the\nnumber of legal providers of abortion.\" Planned Parenthood of Southeastern\nPennsylvania V, Casey, No. 90-1662 slip op. at 33 (3d Cir. Oct. 21, 1991), petition for cert.\nfiled, 60 U.S.L.W. 3424 (U.S. Nov. 7, 1991) (No. 91-744).\nThe Third Circuit court ruled on several of the key provisions at issue as follows:\nIntimidation Requirement:\nThe court upheld the Pennsylvania statute's requirement that a physician provide specific\nanti-choice information designed to discourage women from having an abortion.\nSpecifically, under the pretense of requiring \"informed consent\" the law requires a\nNational\nVW\nAdortion Rights\n20005\nphysician to inform a woman of the risks of the abortion procedure, the probable\ngestational age of the fetus, and the risks associated with carrying a pregnancy to term.\nThe law also requires a physician or counselor to provide the woman with published\nmaterials that describe the fetus at various intervals, provide information about\nalternatives to abortion, and inform the woman that a father is liable to pay child\nsupport and that medical assistance benefits may be available for pregnancy care and\nchildbirth.\nMandatory Delay:\nThe court upheld a 24-hour waiting period as not an undue burden, even though the\ncourt acknowledged that such a requirement \"may result in delays of considerably longer\nthan 24 hours,\" \"may require a woman to make two visits to a clinic rather than one,\"\nand \"means that the overall cost of an abortion\nmay increase by a significant\npercentage.\" Slip op. at 52-55.\nHusband Notification\nThe only provision of the Pennsylvania law that the court struck down as \"unduly\nburdensome\" was a provision that would have required a married woman to notify her\nhusband before obtaining an abortion. One judge dissented from this portion of the\nopinion, stating that he would have upheld the husband notice requirement. The\nAttorney General of Pennsylvania has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review and\noverturn this portion of the Third Circuit's ruling. The Supreme Court is viewed as\nlikely to reverse the lower court's ruling and uphold the requirement of spousal\nnotification.\nAlthough a decision in this case may directly concern only the specific provisions of the\nPennsylvania law that were challenged, if the Supreme Court overturns Roe V, Wade and\nceases to protect a woman's right to choose as a fundamental constitutional right, a wide\nrange of other onerous restrictions on the right to choose could also be upheld.\n12/19/91\n2\nBill\nClinton\nABORTION\nFOR PRESIDENT COMMITTEE\nContact:\nDee Dee Myers\nFor Immediate Release\n(501) 372-1992\nJanuary 22, 1992\nCLINTON DEFENDS ROE V. WADE,\nVOWS TO FIGHT FOR CHOICE\nWASHINGTON, D.C. -- Governor Bill Clinton today issued the\nfollowing statement in support of Roe V. Wade and vowed that as\nPresident, he would fight to protect a woman's right to choose:\n\"Today -- on the 19th anniversary of the landmark Roe V. Wade\ndecision -- abortion rights are once again under attack. I\nstrongly support a woman's right to choose, and I believe Roe V.\nWade should be upheld. Government should not interfere with a\nwoman's right to choose.\n\"As president, I will do everything I can to preserve the\ndecision. constitutional right to privacy that is the foundation of the Roe\n\"I will also rescind the 'gag rule' that prevents medical\nprofessionals from doing their jobs and needlessly prevents women\nfrom receiving a full range of information and services.\n\"I support the repeal of the Hyde amendment, and I will\npresent a national health insurance plan to guarantee every\nAmerican access to quality, affordable health care -- including\nabortion services.\n\"I support the Freedom of Choice Act, and as President, I\nwill sign it into law.\n\"And I will appoint justices to the Supreme Court who believe\nprivacy. in the Bill of Rights, including the constitutional right to\n\"For the past twelve years, the Republicans have shamelessly\npoliticized the courts in our country, stacking the federal courts\nwith right-wing ideologues who have begun to whittle away at a\nlong list of hard-won freedoms -- including the freedom of choice.\nAs president, I will work to restore balance to the Supreme Court\nand the federal courts and to put the constitution back on the\nside of the Bill of Rights, the right to privacy and the people. \"\n-30-\nP.O. Box 615\nLittle Rock, Arkansas 72203\nTelephone (501) 372-1992\nFAX (501) 372-2292\nPaid for by the Clinton for President Committee\nContributions\nto\nthe\nClinton\nfor\nPresident\nto know what her rights as an American are. Leaving it to the\nstates will allow many states to criminalize abortions and many\nothers to effectively block them. This is exactly the situation\nthat existed prior to Roe. We will return to the days when\ndesperate women will be forced to travel hundreds of miles for\nabortions. As the expense and the difficulty rise, more women will\nchose illegal and dangerous abortions. The poor will suffer the\nmost, but even the middle class may be driven to illegal abortions.\nPrior to Roe, illegal abortions were the third largest racket after\ngambling and narcotics.\nClinton for President\nApril 22, 1992\nStatement by Governor Bill Clinton\nToday, for the fourth time in four years, the Bush Administration will ask the Supreme Court of\nthe United States to deny the women of America the rights they have had guaranteed under our\nConstitution for 19 years.\nMake no mistake about it: they are trying to turn back the clock.\nThe Bush Administration is using the Pennsylvania law to advance its true agenda - overturning\nRoe V. Wade. If they can't do it with the Pennsylvania law, they'll try the Louisiana law or the\nGuam law or any law they can find.\nFrom judicial appointments, to intervening on the side of law breakers for Operation Rescue in\nVichita, to repeated attempts to get the Supreme Court to overturn Roe V. Wade, the Bush\nAdministration has used the power of the federal government to restrict a woman's right to make\na painful and personal decision in private.\nGeorge Bush wants to move Roe V. Wade from the law books to the history books. I believe in\nand will protect the right to privacy, the right to be left alone by the government, including a\nwoman's right to choose.\n-30-30-30-\nAuthorized and Paid for by the Clinton for President Committee\nBill\nClinton\nFOR PRESIDENT COMMITTEE\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\nCONTACT: AVIS LAVELLE\nJUNE 22, 1992\n(501)399-3840\nCLINTON CALLS BUSH VETO OF \"FETAL TISSUE\" BILL\n\"POLITICS PURE AND SIMPLE\"\nFollowing is a statement by Governor Bill Clinton on President Bush's veto today of\nthe 1992 National Institutes of Health Reauthorization Act:\nPresident Bush's refusal to sign this vital piece of legislation is politics - pure and\nsimple. He has turned what would have been a very important step forward in the fight to\nsave the lives of millions of American women into an ugly bow to the far right. I urge\nCongress to override the President's veto.\nThe President wants us to believe that vetoing this bill will discourage abortions. But\nthis bill isn't about abortion: it's about freeing scientists to do the research that could prevent\nhundreds of thousands of cases of breast cancer, osteoporosis, and a host of other devastating\nillnesses that have destroyed and bankrupted thousands of American families: Parkinson's,\nAlzheimer's, sometimes fatal diabetes.\nThis veto is classic Bush/Quayle. The President seems content to let Vice-President\nQuayle do the barking, while keeping the bite for himself. The simple fact is that there's no\ngood scientific reason to maintain the fetal tissue research ban. Even the man who first\ncalled for the ban, Ronald Reagan's Secretary of Health Human Services, Dr. Otis Bowen,\nbelieves the ban should be lifted. And some of Congress's strongest opponents of choice,\nincluding Senators Thurmond, Simpson and Hatfield, have joined in the major bi-partisan\neffort to pass the NIH Reauthorization and lift the ban.\nLet's be clear about this: this bill is the first major legislation that promotes research\ninto breast cancer a disease that kills 45,000 American women every year. Hundreds of\nthousands of their children, husbands, and family members will share that loss. And the\nPresident's answer is to put the brakes on the only research that offers them hope, while\noffering an \"alternative that the experts agree would do nothing.\nThe Bush/Quayle team talks a lot about family values. But when it has a chance to\ndo something, it proves that it really doesn't value families.\n- 30\nNational Campaign Headquarters\nP.O. Box 615\nLittle Rock. Arkansas 72203\nTelephone (501) 372-1992\nFAX (501) 372-2292\nPaid for by the Clinton for President Committee\nPrinted on Recycled Paper\nContributions to the Clinton for President Committee are not tax deductible.\n®\nBill\nClinton\nFOR PRESIDENT COMMITTEE\nREMARKS BY GOVERNOR BILL CLINTON\nPENNSYLVANIA V. CASEY\nJUNE 29, 1992\nLITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS\nThank you. Thank you very much. I would like to first thank you\nfor coming and for standing in the rain and for coming inside.\nI have a statement I want to make today about this Pennsylvania\ndecision after which I will be glad to answer questions about it.\nThe decision in the Pennsylvania case, and the comments made in\ndissent by Justice Blackmun, make it abundantly clear that the\nconstitutional right to choose is hanging by a thread. We are\nonly one justice away from returning to the painful past before\nRoe V. Wade, and only a president committed to maintaining the\npresent law can maintain the constitutional right to choose.\nIt may be a Court for Bush and for Reagan, but it's our country\nand our constitutional rights. And I think this election now\nplainly imposes on all American citizens the obligation to\nprotect our liberties.\nWe can also demand that Congress pass a National Freedom of\nChoice Act, but we know even if Congress does, it will only\nbecome law if we have a new president.\nI want to say again what I have said many times in many places\nacross this country. I have believed in the rule of Roe V. Wade\nfor twenty years since I used to teach it in law school.\nBeing pro-choice is not the same thing as being pro-abortion.\nThere are many people who have many different opinions about many\ndifferent abortions.\nThose of us who believe in the rule of Roe V. Wade are united in\nthe simple conviction that we don't want to go back to the time\nwhen a woman or her doctor were made criminals because they made\nthe decision that they felt was right in their own consciences,\nand with their own hearts.\nI think this is a very disturbing day. I regret it very much. You\nhave four judges plainly committed to repeal Roe V. Wade, three\nothers nibbling around the edges, and a brave Justice Blackmun\nsaying he doesn't know how much longer he can hang on.\nThis is one of the things this presidential election is about.\nAnd I hope the American people will say in clear and unambiguous\nterms that we do not want to go back. Those of us who are old\nenough to remember know that it is not the thing to do.\nNational Campaign Headquarters\nP.O. Box 615\nLittle Rock, Arkansas 72203\nTelephone (501) 372-1992\nFAX (501) 372-2292\nPaid for by the Clinton for President Committee\nPrinted on Recycled Paper\nContributions\nto\nthe\nClinton\nfor\nPresident\nSo I stand here before you today to say that I am not\nparticularly surprised by this decision, but the details are not\nnearly as important as the fact that four people came out\nforthrightly for repealing Roe V. Wade, and that Justice Blackmun\nsent us a clear signal that only the next election can preserve\nit.\nThank you very much.\nBill\nClinton\nFOR PRESIDENT COMMITTEE\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:\nCONTACT: AVIS LAVELLE\nJUNE 29, 1992\n(501) -399-3840\nGOVERNOR BILL CLINTON COMMENTS ON ABORTION DECISION\nLittle Rock, AR -- Following the Supreme Court's decision in\ntoday's Pennsylvania V. Casey abortion decision, Governor Bill\nClinton expressed his outrage over the continuing erosion of a\nwoman's right to choose.\n\"The decision in the Pennsylvania case, and the comments made in\ndissent by Justice Blackmun, make it abundantly clear that the\nconstitutional right to choose is hanging by a thread. We are only\none justice away from returning to the painful past before Roe V.\nWade, and only a President committed to maintaining the present law\ncan maintain the constitutional right to choose,\" said Governor\nClinton.\nBefore a crowd of several hundred people inside the University of\nArkansas Law Library, Clinton said, \"Those of us who believe in the\nrule of Roe V. Wade are united in the simple conviction that we\ndon't want to go back to the time when a woman or her doctor were\nmade criminals because they made the decision that they felt was\nright in their own consciences, and with their own hearts.\"\n\"This is one of the things this presidential election is about. And\nI hope the American people will say in clear and unambiguous terms\nthat we do not want to go back. Those of us who are old enough to\nremember know that it is not the thing to do,\" said Clinton.\n-30-30-30-\nNational Campaign Headquarters\nP.O. Box 615\nLittle Rock, Arkansas 72203\nTelephone (501) 372-1992\nFAX (501) 372-2292\nPaid for by the Clinton for President Committee\nContributions to the Clinton for President Committee are not tax deductible.\nPrinted on Recycled Paper"
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