The global gag rule is an attack on the health and human rights of people worldwide, especially women, young people and others who already face systemic barriers to care.
As I write this, we’re experiencing a global health pandemic of unprecedented scale. COVID-19 has exposed the vulnerabilities of our global health systems and the vital role that health care workers and advocates play in fighting for access to high-quality care.
Since 2017, when the global gag rule was reinstated and radically expanded, it has prohibited foreign non-governmental organizations from receiving any U.S. global health assistance if they provide, counsel, refer or advocate for legal abortion. It comes at the request of a bipartisan group of members of Congress from both the House and Senate who wanted to better understand the impact, and damage, resulting from the global gag rule.The GAO documents over $12 billion in gagged funds across 1,300 global health grants in more than 70 countries.
Rolls back progress made in countries that have fought to advance access to health care and human rights. The policy has limited exceptions where abortion is permissible—rape, incest and life endangerment of the woman. But with the welcome global trend towards liberalizing abortion laws, many countries recognize the right to abortion under a broader set of conditions.of the countries receiving global health assistance allow legal abortion in at least one case not permissible under the global gag rule.
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