This is what abortions bans do. They deny people access to evidence-based essential health care, like treatment for second trimester miscarriages. This impacts everyone and we shouldn't stand for it. propublica.org/article/texa...
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It is simply not enough for universities to say, “Our grants & research offices are looking into how research will be affected by the latest directive.” University leaders must actively and very publicly make the case for the kind of work many of us do. The silence on this front is deafening.
“The first thought that came to my mind was that whoever made this decision has no compassion at all,” Could agree more. Read this powerful piece in the NYT on the on-the-ground impact of the foreign aid freeze. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/w...
How the World Is Reeling From Trump’s Aid Freeze
President Trump’s order to halt most foreign aid has intensified humanitarian crises and raised questions about the United States’ reliability as a global leader.
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This Hannah Arendt quote feels appropriate right now "Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty."
The 🇺🇸 gives 40% of🌍donor family planning $$. This week all of that $$ was frozen. Our analysis shows that for every day this freeze continues, an additional 130,390 women & girls will be denied contraceptive care. www.guttmacher.org/2025/01/fami...
Family Planning Impact of the Trump Foreign Assistance Freeze
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Trump is wasting no time on enacting harmful policies that will have chilling effects on #ReproRights & health globally. Guttmacher's Principal Research Scientist, @bethsully.bsky.social, spoke to @salonnewsroom.bsky.social about what to expect from this anti-abortion administration ⬇ gu.tt/4ju7LLx
How the Trump admin's attacks on abortion could devastate health care access globally
Reproductive rights advocates warn Project 2025 will expand the Global Gag Rule to hurt health care internationally
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The global gag rule—a US policy the incoming Trump-Vance administration is expected to revive & potentially expand—disrupts essential health services affecting women in low- & middle-income countries. Here’s what we know from its last implementation under the first Trump presidency: gu.tt/403Rkgj
How the Global Gag Rule Restricts Reproductive Freedom Worldwide
The global gag rule restricts US funding for NGOs providing abortion services, harming reproductive health globally, as shown in Guttmacher research.
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I haven't seen one out there yet, so I created a Sexual and Reproductive Health starter pack! Let me know who I missed that's here. Looking forward to building back community here, especially as we gear up for these next few years. go.bsky.app/6WuJVjj