Any international organization receiving U.S. funds for health programs will now be required to certify that it does not provide abortion services, counselling, referrals or information or advocate for the liberalization of abortion laws, even with non-U.S. funds. If they don’t, their funding will be cut off.
Republicans have long targeted the healthcare group for providing abortions, threatening to shut down the government if federal funding wasn’t pulled from the organization. Now that the GOP has majorities in the House and Senate and controls the White House, …show more content…
GLOBAL HEALTH AID:
SUMMARY OF INTERPRETATION OF ARTICLE 1:
ARTICLE ONE – DONALD TRUMP VASTLY EXPANDS ANTI-ABORTION BAN TO ALL U.S. GLOBAL HEALTH AID
"The United States does not consider abortion an acceptable element of family planning programs and will no longer contribute to those of which it is a part” (Garrett, 2017).
Some people oppose abortion because it can damage the long-term physical and emotional health of women who have an abortion.
Trump has promised to take sweeping actions against abortion, including appointing Supreme Court justices who would overturn Roe v. Wade. Reinstating and expanding the global gag rule is the first indication of how serious he …show more content…
A rule, regulation, or law that prohibits debate or discussion of a particular issue. Between 1836 and 1844, the U.S. House of Representatives adopted a series of resolutions and rules that banned petitions calling for the Abolition of Slavery (Farlex, 2003). If a provider refuses to sign the Global Gag Rule, it loses U.S. funding, donated contraceptives including condoms and Cutting-edge leadership and technical expertise, which is predominantly provided by the U.S. international family planning program.
Abortion politics have also had a marked influence on foreign policy, as mentioned that America has introduced strict rules governing the distribution of family-planning assistance to developing countries. Trump's variant of the muffle administer will apply to generally $9.5 billion dollars in worldwide wellbeing financing, rather than generally $575 million in family arranging and conceptive wellbeing subsidizing, as indicated by Populace Activity Universal (PAI) (Farlex, 2003), a worldwide family arranging support association.
The funding cuts will go far beyond abortion, and even beyond contraception. They will likely prevent many global health organizations from offering HIV prevention and treatment services, maternal health care, and Zika virus