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By Emma Batha
President Joe Biden s decision to scrap a deadly Trump-era policy banning funding for aid groups that discuss abortion could unleash billions in dollars for life-saving services in developing countries, women s rights groups said.
US President Joe Biden at work in the Oval Office.
Photo: AFP It s very, very good news. It sends a strong message that reproductive rights are human rights, said Evelyne Opondo, Africa director at the Center for Reproductive Rights. I m hoping this will allow many clinics to reopen across Africa and save thousands of women s lives, she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Almost $9 billion (NZ$12.4 billion) in US foreign aid is at stake under the Mexico City Policy , also known as the global gag rule , which prevents foreign groups providing abortion services or counselling from receiving U.S. funding.
President Joe Biden s decision to scrap a deadly Trump-era policy banning funding for aid groups that discuss abortion could unleash billions in dollars for life-saving services in developing countries, women s rights groups said Thursday.
Biden to end Trump-era anti-abortion global gag rule Reuters 1/21/2021
By Emma Batha
Jan 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - President Joe Biden s decision to scrap a deadly Trump-era policy banning funding for aid groups that discuss abortion could unleash billions in dollars for life-saving services in developing countries, women s rights groups said on Thursday. It s very, very good news. It sends a strong message that reproductive rights are human rights, said Evelyne Opondo, Africa director at the Center for Reproductive Rights. I m hoping this will allow many clinics to reopen across Africa and save thousands of women s lives, she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.