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gag rules

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
gag rules in parliamentary procedure, rules limiting or prohibiting free debate on a particular issue. In U.S. history, the term is applied especially to procedural rules in force in the House of Representatives from 1836 to 1844. With the growth of antislavery feeling after the founding of the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1833, the House was deluged with thousands of antislavery petitions, most of which requested the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia. Southerners, with the aid of Northern Democrats, secured passage of the gag rules, which prevented the discussion of antislavery... Read more
gag rule
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English gag rule • n. a regulation or directive that prohibits public discussion of a particular matter, in particular: ∎  ... Read more
Theodore Dwight Weld
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia ... 1841–43 Weld organized an antislavery reference bureau in Washington, D.C., to assist congressmen seeking to repeal the gag rule restricting the consideration of antislavery petitions in Congress. Theodore Dwight Weld Theodore Dwight Weld Theodore Dwight ... Read more

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"The only mode of avoiding everlasting debate": the overlooked Senate gag rule for antislavery petitions.
Journal of the Early Republic; 3/22/2007; Wirls, Daniel; 787 words ; ... Freehling characterizes the Gag Rule Crisis as the Pearl Harbor ... commenced in December 1835. The gag rules that soon resulted were procedural ... chamber. History recalls the gag rule controversy as primarily ... against the restrictions. The gag rule was, however, a bicameral ... indirect and ... Read more
Clinton directive forbids HMO `gag rules' on Medicaid doctors.(Nation)
The Washington Times; 2/21/1997; Strobel, Warren P.; 427 words ; ... managed health care plans from imposing gag rules on doctors who treat Medicaid beneficiaries ... support legislation that would ban gag rules in all health care plans. Such legislation ... care programs, making clear that gag rules are also prohibited in that program ... Read more
Study to Be Released on Impact of Bush Administration's Global Gag Rule: Women, Children, Families Denied Access Around the World
U.S. Newswire; 9/22/2003; 493 words ; News Advisory: What: New Study to Be Released on Impact of the Bush Administration's Global Gag Rule: Women, Children and Families Denied Access Around the World Where: National Press Club, The Peter Lisagor Room, 529 14th ... 24, 9:30 - 11 a.m. For the first time since the Bush Administration reinstated the Mexico ... Read more
Three Years is Enough -- Time to Remove Global Gag Rule; New FreeChoiceSavesLives.org Campaign to Protect Women's Health
U.S. Newswire; 1/16/2004; 587 words ; ... Newswire/ -- Three years after the imposition of the Global Gag Rule -- a policy that threatens women's health around ... health and increase public opposition to the Global Gag Rule. "The Global Gag Rule stands between the world's poorest women and one ... Read more
Anti-gag-rule advocates won't stop fighting HMOs.(Business)
The Washington Times; 10/1/1996; Goldreich, Samuel; 637 words ; ... to revive a bill to ban so-called gag rules that died last week in Congress ... members yesterday that a bill to bar gag rules will be its top priority next year ... legislative reform efforts. We oppose gag rules and don't think such contract clauses ... Read more
President Backs Measure to Ban `Gag Rules' Affecting Health Plan Physicians
The Washington Post; 2/21/1997; John F. Harris; 596 words ; ... health care plans from imposing "gag rules" on their physicians. The health care industry denies that such "gag rules" are a widespread practice. But Clinton ... people are not subject to the alleged gag rules. Such practices are already prohibited ... Read more
Lawyers Assess New Rules Effect On Court Gag Orders
Oakland Post; 9/20/1995; Charles Aikens; 617 words ; Charles Aikens Oakland Post 09-20-1995 Lawyers Assess New Rules Effect On Court Gag Orders. State Bar officials in San Francisco said California ... like Ito don't always exercise their power to place gag orders on attorneys in high-profile cases. The Supreme ... Read more
VIC: Magistrate rules out media gag on Bruno Grollo
AAP General News (Australia); 2/25/1999; 420 words ; AAP General News (Australia) 02-25-1999 VIC: Magistrate rules out media gag on Bruno Grollo By Peter Barber MELBOURNE, Feb 25 AAP - A magistrate today ruled out an application for an unprecedented media gag on millionaire property developer Bruno Grollo, as he committed Grollo to trial for tax fraud ... . Read more
DOCTORS GROUP VOTES TO FIGHT HMO ``GAG'' RULES.(FRONT)
The Virginian Pilot; 6/28/1996; 463 words ; ... Association rebelled Thursday against HMO gag rules that prevent doctors from telling patients ... HMO-imposed disclosure agreements. ``Gag clauses strike at the heart of the ... patients that the HMO had changed its rules, prohibiting women from seeing obstetrician-gynecologis ... Read more
AMA REBELS AT WHAT IT SEES AS HMO GAG RULES.(Business)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 6/28/1996; 323 words ; ... Association rebelled yesterday against HMO gag rules that prevent doctors from telling patients ... organizations on what they can tell patients. ``Gag clauses strike at the heart of the ... patients that the HMO had changed its rules, prohibiting women from seeing obstetrician-gynecologis ... Read more

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