Responding to the Trump administration’s plan to expand the global gag rule, Beth Schlachter, MSI’s Senior Director for US External Relations, said:
“We are deeply concerned by reports that the U.S. administration is planning a sweeping expansion of the global gag rule. It is likely this would broaden both the scope of the policy from abortion to attacks on diversity, equity, inclusion and gender, as well as those who it is targeting, to include U.S. NGOs, multilateral agencies and foreign governments.
“Such a move, which goes far beyond previous restrictions, would be an insidious encroachment on sovereignty, pressuring governments to change their own laws and policies in exchange for U.S. funding, despite repeated claims to respect national autonomy.
“Instead of promoting “human flourishing”, it risks causing real human suffering, undermining global health, and destabilising decades of partnerships and progress.”
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