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The Biden Administration Is Repealing the Global Gag Rule. That’s Not Enough. Slate 1/28/2021 Joshua Keating © Provided by Slate Activists from the Population Connection Action Fund project a message onto the Trump International Hotel in Washington on Jan. 23, 2019. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Getty Images On Thursday, Joe Biden is expected to participate in what’s become a regular post-inauguration ritual for U.S. presidents by signing an executive order repealing the Mexico City Policy, known by its opponents as the global gag rule, which prohibits U.S. funding to foreign nongovernmental organizations that provide abortion counseling or referrals. The policy is a textbook case of how the lives of people thousands of miles away can be directly affected by America’s culture wars. And while Biden’s move will be applauded by reproductive rights advocates and family planning service providers around the world, the uncertainty and instability the rule i

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