Success is fighting changes to Title X

I am writing to thank Congressman Kirk for his vigilant defense of a woman's right to full, accurate and unbiased information from her doctor.

Recently it was reported that President Bush was considering revising the Title X health care rules. Title X is a federal program providing family planning services and advice to poor women across the country.

Title X clinics are already expressly forbidden from using government funds to provide abortions, but President Bush was considering going further. He planned to instate a "gag rule" provision that would bar federal funds from any clinic that so much as advised a woman of all her options.

The net result would have been thousands of poor women being denied quality health care and many clinics being forced to close.

Kirk led a group of 11 moderate Republicans and called on President Bush to keep the current, well established regulations. Their plea worked and the current rules were left in place.

Gina M. Arquilla

Northbrook