From bad to worse: global governance of abortion and the Global Gag Rule. Issue 3 (17th December 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: McGovern, Terry; Schaaf, Marta; Battistini, Emily; Maistrellis, Emily; Gibb, Kathryn; Casey, Sara E
• Is Part Of: Sexual & reproductive health matters. Volume 28:Issue 3(2020)
• Page Start: 54
• Page End: 63
• Publication Date: 2020-12-17
• Subjects: abortion -- Global Gag Rule -- sexual and reproductive health -- global health -- global governance; Sexual health -- Periodicals; Reproductive health -- Periodicals; Women's health services -- Periodicals; Women's rights -- Periodicals; Women's rights; Women's health services; Sexual health; Reproductive health; Sexual Health; Reproductive Health; Women's Health; Women's Rights; Electronic journals; Periodicals; Periodical; 613.9
• DOI: 10.1080/26410397.2020.1794411
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2641-0397

Abstract

Abstract: The Trump Administration's Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance (PLGHA) significantly expands the "Global Gag Rule" – and, in so doing, weakens the global governance of abortion. By chilling debate, reducing transparency, ghettoising sexual and reproductive health and rights work, and interfering with research, PLGHA makes an already bad context demonstrably worse. Individual women suffer the most, as PLGHA inhibits ongoing efforts to reduce abortion-related morbidity and mortality.