![]() ![]() For example, in 2020 we studied the impact of the global gag rule in Kenya. In African countries, where incremental gains are beginning to manifest in improved legislation and policies due to decades of advocacy and lobbying, this would be a devastating blow. The striking down of Roe v Wade, coupled with the global gag rule (if and when it is reinstated by a Republican administration), empowers national and international opposition to sexual and reproductive health services such as family planning, abortion, and comprehensive sexuality education. The final decision is expected in a couple of months.įor countries that look to the US for guidance and for funding, the consequences will go beyond abortion. Recently leaked documents suggest the court may overturn the landmark 1973 decision, Roe v Wade, that gave American women this choice. The second is the decision before the US Supreme Court on the right of women to choose abortion. President Joe Biden set it aside when he took office in 2021. Successive US presidents have decided whether to enact or revoke the policy. Under this policy, non-US organisations that receive US government funding cannot provide, refer for, or promote abortion as a method of family planning. The first US policy with implications for healthcare in other countries is the global gag rule, first enacted by Ronald Reagan in 1984. ![]() Decisions made in the US have caused, and could cause, severe damage to progress in access to these services in developing countries. Take sexual and reproductive health, for example. Policies and decisions made in the United States echo around the world and often have widespread implications. The consequences will go beyond abortion, writes Boniface Ushie and Kenneth Juma from the African Population and Health Research Center ![]() ![]() The first US policy with implications for healthcare in other countries was the global gag rule. Policies and decisions made in the United States have widespread implications. ![]()
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