CONGRESSIONAL VICTORY ON REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM The Senate succeeded last night in passing, 53-41, a complete repeal of the Global Gag Rule, which bars American foreign aid from supporting organizations that provide contraceptives, abortion services, or teach a sexual ideology other than abstinence. This is the first time in the history of the so-called Mexico City Policy — active under the Reagan and both Bush administrations — that a united House and Senate have stood up for international family planning efforts. But don’t get too excited. President Bush is certain to veto.

–Dana Goldstein

Dana Goldstein, a former associate editor and writer at the Prospect, comes from a family of public-school educators. She received the Spencer Fellowship in Education Journalism, a Schwarz Fellowship at the New America Foundation, and a Puffin Foundation Writing Fellowship at the Nation Institute. Her journalism is regularly featured in Slate, The Atlantic, The Nation, The Daily Beast, and other publications, and she is a staff writer at the Marshall Project.