Major Study Finds that the Global Gag Rule Significantly Increases Abortion Rates Joanne Lu June 27, 2019In a first-ever study of its kind, public health researchers have found that prohibiting U.S. aid to any organization that performs or provides counseling on abortion actually increases abortions – and not just by a little. According to a new study published ...
It’s Official: ALL US Health Assistance–from Measles to Malaria– is caught up in US abortion politics Mark Leon Goldberg May 16, 2017One of Donald Trump's first acts as president was to re-instate the "Global Gag Rule." This is a rule that has been imposed by Republican presidents since the 1980s and stipulates that no US funding for global reproductive health care be used to inform patient...
Trump’s New “Global Gag Rule” is Much, Much More Far Reaching than George W. Bush’s Policy Mark Leon Goldberg January 24, 2017President Trump yesterday signed a presidential memorandum re-instating the Global Gag Rule. For most of the day yesterday the actual text of the memorandum was not released so much of the media coverage -- including our own -- was based on the understanding t...
This One Paragraph Shows How Harmful the Global Gag Rule is to Fighting HIV/AIDS and Preventing Abortion Mark Leon Goldberg January 23, 2017As expected, Donald Trump has re-instated a US government policy known at the "Global Gag Rule."This is a restriction that bans NGOs from receiving funding from the American government if those NGOs provide abortion services, counsel patients that abortion...
Will President Donald Trump eliminate access to healthcare for some of the poorest women on the planet? Mark Leon Goldberg November 18, 2016One of the first foreign policy moves of President elect Donald Trump may be to eliminate access to healthcare for some of the poorest women on the planet.If past is precedent, with the stroke of a pen on January 22 he will re-instate what is known as the ...
What Supporting the Global Gag Rule Means…in Theory and Practice Mark Leon Goldberg October 10, 2012Why opposing international family planning is so dangerous to so many thousands of women around the world.
