The Second Coming—The Dismantling of Six Decades of U.S. Foreign Assistance Investments by Trump and His Vandals
The Global Gag Rule and Contraceptive Supplies
Around the world, demand for contraceptives and condoms has never been higher — due to population growth, rising popularity and use of family planning services, increasing prevalence of HIV infection, and the largest-ever cohort of young people moving into their reproductive years — and yet funding for contraceptives has not kept up. The Global Gag Rule exacerbates this growing shortfall in reproductive health supplies at a time when they are desperately needed for contraception and HIV/AIDS prevention.
The loss of U.S. donated contraceptives to key family planning NGOs overseas because they rejected the Global Gag Rule restrictions, has sparked a crisis within a crisis.
