U.S. aid still can’t be used to fund abortion care. The ban causes tens of thousands of preventable deaths each year.
, repealing the Helms Amendment would mean 19 million fewer unsafe abortions each year globally, 17,000 fewer maternal deaths each year and a 98 percent decline in the overall number of maternal deaths due to abortion in the countries affected by the ban.
The global gag rule does not only influence abortion. Organizations in the Global South that provide or advocate for abortion rights, and have depended on USAID in the past, lost significant funding during the Trump era. This led to staff layoffs, and disruption of other sexual and reproductive health and rights.
Munyasia’s organization in Kenya provides integrated reproductive health and rights services like HIV screening and access to contraceptives. “In Kenya, we are currently facing a triple threat: high number of teen pregnancies, HIV infections and gender-based violence.
Congress and the Biden administration have the opportunity to end the global gag rule permanently via the Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act, which was reintroduced in the House and Senate in January 2021.that evaluated the impact of the policy on the 38 countries which rely on U.S. health aid found that reinstating the global gag rule in the future is likely to result in approximately 24,000 additional child deaths and 2,700 additional maternal deaths every year. Almostcomes from the U.
The Family Planning Association of Nepal, a member association of the International Planned Parenthood Federation, was the first to offer family planning, abortion services, and other sexual and reproductive health and rights services in Nepal. With uncertain funding, their services have been hit. Abortion is just one of the many services that a client availing services receives.
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