Nepal: Cutting the lifeline

Cutting the lifeline
‘Protecting life’ under the Trump administrtion in the US will put more Nepali women's lives on the line

14-20 July 2017 #867
Nepali Times Buzz
Kate Ryan

Last week, governments and private partners gathered in London for the 2017 Family Planning Summit. The goal: to evaluate progress toward commitments to improve healthcare for more than 120 million women worldwide from 2012-2020.

More than half-way to 2020, only 30 million women have been reached. At a time when activities need to be sped up, the United States, the leading bilateral funder of family planning worldwide, just pulled out billions of dollars from organisations serving the world’s poorest nations, claiming they funded abortion services.

Continued at source: Nepali Times: http://nepalitimes.com/article/Nepali-Times-Buzz/globe-rallies-to-aid-nepals-women,3841


Donald Trump’s abortion funding ban will lead to millions of unsafe abortions around the world, NGOs warn

Donald Trump's abortion funding ban will lead to millions of unsafe abortions around the world, NGOs warn

'Agreeing to the Mexico City Policy would mean accepting their fate and turning our backs on the very women who need us most,' says Marjorie Newman-Williams, of Marie Stopes International

by May Bulman, Jan 24, 2017

Donald Trump's decision to block US funding for abortion services around the world could result in tens of thousands of women dying, with the decline of these services leading to millions of unsafe abortions in developing countries, aid organisations have warned.

Mr Trump signed an executive order reinstating a ban — known as the Mexico City Policy — which prohibits the US giving federal family planning funding to international health groups that provide abortion care. Shortly afterwards, the President's press secretary Sean Spicer said Mr Trump was “standing up for all Americans - including the unborn”.

But the policy is likely to hugely increase the rate of abortion in developing countries, causing the deaths of an estimated more than 21,000 women.

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Source, The Independent: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-abortion-funding-ban-mexico-city-policy-millions-unsafe-abortions-around-world-a7543356.html