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Re: [rain1 at airmail dot cc] Delete abortion joke

From: Florian Weimer <fw at deneb dot enyo dot de>
To: Richard Stallman <rms at gnu dot org>
Cc: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org, aoliva at redhat dot com
Date: Thu, 03 May 2018 12:48:16 +0200
Subject: Re: [rain1 at airmail dot cc] Delete abortion joke
References: <orin883lcl.fsf@lxoliva.fsfla.org> <E1fDLZU-00076y-KO@fencepost.gnu.org> <87tvrr1mul.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> <E1fDi8U-0001Xm-0p@fencepost.gnu.org>

* Richard Stallman:

>   > It is easily interpreted in such a way that we, the glibc developers,
>   > share the view that the U.S. government is actively suppressing
>   > certain voices and positions on societal issues.
>
> There is an official US policy, commonly known as the "global gag
> rule", which forbids foreign aid to clinics if they ever inform
> patients about abortion and abortion rights.

I didn't make that connection.

I assumed the removed text was in the tradition of notions of a War on
Christmas, so-called judicial activism against display of Christian
symbols on government property, restrictions on protests in proximity
to clinics and funerals, and things like that.

References:
- Re: [rain1 at airmail dot cc] Delete abortion joke
  - From: Richard Stallman
- Re: [rain1 at airmail dot cc] Delete abortion joke
  - From: Florian Weimer
- Re: [rain1 at airmail dot cc] Delete abortion joke
  - From: Richard Stallman

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