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The GGR is a destructive U.S. foreign policy that obstructs global health and human rights around the world
The Global Gag Rule (GGR) is a harmful, neocolonial U.S. policy that blocks global efforts to improve health and uphold human rights.
In January 2025, President Donald Trump reinstated the GGR as one of his first actions in office. Once again, it restricts access to essential health care worldwide. This policy bars foreign nongovernmental organizations that receive certain U.S. funds from providing, referring for, or counseling on abortion as a method of family planning. It also blocks these organizations from advocating for abortion rights, even when using their own, non-U.S. funds.
The GGR’s impact is both immediate and long-lasting. It disrupts health systems, forces clinics to close, and limits access to contraception and maternal care. As a result, marginalized communities face even greater barriers to health. Despite these challenges, the sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice (SRHRJ) movement continues to resist these attacks and push for policies that protect SRHR.
Now more than ever, we must take bold action to counteract the GGR’s devastating effects. U.S. policymakers, donors, and global health leaders need to step up to protect these rights, repair the damage, and ensure access to essential health care is never dictated by politics.
Learn More About the GGR and Its Impact:
- Prescribing Chaos in Global Health
- Trump’s Global Gag Rule
- A Powerful Force: U.S Global Health Assistance and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Malawi
