Kenyan health providers call Trump's global gag rule 'a death sentence' for women
November 02, 2017
By Traci Tong
We've been given a death sentence." Listen to the Story.
That's how one Kenyan health clinic views President Donald Trump's ban on US federal funding for international groups that provide, support or discuss abortions. Critics call the policy the "global gag rule."
The US already prohibits the use of funds for foreign family planning centers that provide abortions. But the global gag rule goes one step further in that it restricts doctors or other health providers in these centers from even mentioning the word, "abortion," to their patients.
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