1.0Advocates for Youthhttps://www.advocatesforyouth.orgemilybridgeshttps://www.advocatesforyouth.org/author/emilybridges/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://www.advocatesforyouth.org/statement/trumps-global-gag-rule/">Trump’s Global Gag Rule</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,n=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),s=0;s<i.length;s++){if(!(e=i[s]).getAttribute("data-secret"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t);if(r||a)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.advocatesforyouth.org/statement/trumps-global-gag-rule/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“Trump’s Global Gag Rule” — Advocates for Youth" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>This weekend close to 2.5 million women and men turned out in more than 600 cities and towns across the world to march in support of a women’s policy agenda that includes access to safe, affordable abortion care.  Less than 48 hours later, Mr. Trump took the first opportunity afforded him to reinstate and indeed expanded the global gag rule—a policy that forces health care providers in low and middle income countries to choose between offering women access to comprehensive reproductive and sexual health care services or receiving U.S. global health funding.  Those that choose the latter will lose their right to educate, counsel, refer for or provide abortion care for women in need—even if they use their own money to do so.  This extension of the global gag rule beyond organizations receiving US family planning funding, to those receiving global health assistance to provide health care services related to malaria, tuberculosis, maternal child health and even nutrition, magnifies the impact of the gag rule and extends its reach to more 60 countries and affects millions and millions of women and families—representing some of the poorest and least resourced families world-wide.https://www.advocatesforyouth.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Advocates-for-Youth-Logo_RRR-blue.png865449