When developed countries politicize the female body, those of us in developing countries feel the effects.
Tag: Global Gag Rule
The global gag rule not only prohibits U.S. foreign aid for abortion care; it also prevents foreign organizations from using their own, non-U.S. funds to provide abortion services, information, counseling, referrals or advocacy. Since its creation in 1984, the policy has been repeatedly issued by Republican presidents and rescinded by Democratic presidents.
Trump’s Domestic Gag Rule is a Deadly Attack on Poor Women
In its latest attack on reproductive rights, the Trump administration has proposed a new rule prohibiting women’s health clinics that receive federal funding under Title X from “performing, promoting, referring for or supporting abortion as a method of family planning.”
Data is Driving Success in Life-Saving Interventions for Women and Girls—Why Isn’t it Driving Policy?
An HIV/AIDS-reduction program saving the lives of women and girls worldwide is at risk under Trump’s Global Gag Rule—and serves as a testament to the ground we can lose when data doesn’t drive drive policymaking.
Reproductive Rights are Still Human Rights—Even if the Trump Administration Won’t Say So
The State Department’s Country Report on Human Rights Practices provides a detailed account each year of the status of human rights policies around the world. But the first version to be released under the Trump Administration didn’t include any coverage of reproductive health and rights.
Reproductive Justice Activists in Africa are Speaking Out Against Trump’s Global Gag Rule
Under previous administrations, restrictions on funding under the Global Gag Rule totaled around $575 million. Under Trump, those restrictions have extended to $8.8 billion—and women around the world are paying the price with their health and their lives.
Mike Pompeo Would Put Women and Girls Worldwide at Risk as Secretary of State
Mike Pompeo’s alarming record leaves no doubt that, as the nation’s top diplomat, he will double-down on the Trump Administration’s war on women.
Let’s Not Mince Words: The Trump Administration Just Erased Women and Girls Around the World
Last week, the Trump-Pence administration surpassed our historically low expectations when the State Department struck from its annual human rights report the full range of abuses and violations experienced by women and girls around the world.
The Global Gag Rule Still Matters
Whether in our own backyard or beyond our borders, we cannot allow bad policy and funding cuts to cost women and girls their lives.
Contraceptive Use in Poorer Nations is Increasing—And Saving Lives
Efforts to improve contraceptive access in poorer countries resulted in the prevention of 84 million unintended pregnancies, 26 million unsafe abortions and 125,000 maternal deaths in one year alone.
The U.S. Rejected a UN Resolution on Violence Against Women—Because Abortion
A representative from the U.S. announced to the UN that “we do not recognize abortion as a method of family planning, nor do we support abortion in our reproductive health assistance.”