The Unprecedented Expansion of the Global Gag Rule: Trampling Rights, Health and Free Speech

HIGHLIGHTS The Trump administration has imposed an unprecedented and unjustified expansion of the “global gag rule,” as part of a weaponization of U.S. foreign assistance to systematically target global sexual and reproductive health and rights programs. New research from the Guttmacher Institute demons trates that the expanded global gag rule has already had a detrimental impact on clinical providers, community health workers and critical public health partners around the world. To reestablish U.S. leadership on global sexual and reproductive health and rights, Congress must permanently repeal th e global gag rule and actively support the full range of services that people around the world want and need, including safe abortion services.  This action is more critical than ever as the world confronts the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing negative effects on health care access, including for reproductive health services.
Source: The Guttmacher Institute - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Source Type: news