CHANGE’s groundbreaking report, "Prescribing Chaos in Global Health," documents the harms of the Global Gag Rule from 1984 to 2018, with new data exposing the harmful impacts of the Trump administration’s expanded Global Gag Rule in Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
What is the Global Gag Rule?
“Prescribing Chaos in Global Health”
This report maps the development and implementation of the Global Gag Rule from 1984 to the present and outlines the policy’s impact on both organizations and programs that receive U.S. foreign assistance and those that do not. The report also traces the politics that drive the policy, the human rights implications of the policy, and the policy's impact to overall health systems.
It provides evidence that:
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The Global Gag Rule under former President George W. Bush had consequences outside family planning programs, adversely impacting a wider range of health services provided by foreign NGOs.
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The Trump administration’s expanded Global Gag Rule has had immediate, direct, and potentially devastating consequences for health services and the health of women and children globally.
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Today’s Global Gag Rule is preventing countries from managing critical health issues, including HIV, prenatal and maternal care, and sexual and reproductive health and hygiene.
The report concludes with recommendations for action by organizations, funders, researchers, and policymakers, including a decisive appeal to abolish the Global Gag Rule forever because of its destructive impact on health and human rights around the world.
“Prescribing Chaos” in the Media
Rantt Media: Ivanka Trump Silent While Donald Trump’s Global Gag Rule Harms Women
Saturday February 16, 2019
RanttMedia columnist Reina Sultan explains the Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance Act (PLGHA) and how Ivanka Trump's plan to empower women is contradictor to the PLGHA. Prescribing Chaos is cited as an example of how NGOs are being defunded and other consequences of the PHLGA Read moreMother Jones: New Data Shows How the US Ban on Global Funds for Abortion Spectacularly Backfires
Thursday January 31, 2019
Mother Jones columnist Rosa Furneaux writes about how President Trump's global gag rule has resulted in clinic closures and increased instances of unsafe abortions and decreased HIV testing programs in Mozambique. The article cites Prescribing Chaos. Read more
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