Advocates for Youth
Americans for UNFPA
Catholics for a Free Choice
Center for Health and Gender Equity
Center for Women Policy Studies
Feminist Majority
Health GAP (Global Access Project)
International Planned Parenthood Federation-Western Hemisphere Region
International Women's Health Coalition
National Organization for Women
Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.
The White House Project
Women's Environment and Development Organization
Woman's National Democratic Club
Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee could vote on President Bush's nomination of Ambassador Ellen Sauerbrey to be the Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration, President Bush recess appointed her on January 4, 2006. The action has drawn widespread criticism from groups concerned with international population and reproductive health, which strenuously opposed the nomination. Unlike her well-qualified predecessors, she has no experience with refugee protection or responding to complex humanitarian emergencies, or in managing a $700+ budget. The Senate has been denied the opportunity to render their judgment.
experience and knowledge as the new U.S. Representative