The Sexuality Blog: As predicted, the Global Gag Rule has started rolling out

A few months ago, as one of his first official executive actions as President of the United States, Donald Trump reinstated the Global Gag Rule. We wrote extensively about it here and what it means for disadvantaged women around the world, denying them necessary healthcare, increasing the risk of another HIV epidemic by denying necessary healthcare and increasing infant mortality rates.

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Well on the 6th, the first consequential roll out of the Global Gag rule was implemented and the US cut funding to the United Nations Population Fund (UNPFA) citing that the Fund supports ‘coercive abortions and voluntary sterilizations’. This is happening when 20 million people are refugees, another 20 million at risk of famine, Phillipines is suffering from a national drug and pregnancy crisis and wars in the Middle East have put millions at risk.
The funding from the UNPFA is vital to ensuring that these people arent even more burdened with unwanted pregnancies through contraception in these trying period, especially as many of the women in these regions are at higher risk of rape.
Europe has promised to step in, we sincerely hope they do. The alternative is terrifying.

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