![]() ![]() 24, we’ll celebrate the anniversary of the introduction of the Global Health, Empowerment and Rights (HER) Act - which would end the GGR and received an unprecedented number of sponsors in the last Congress.īuilding on this progress, Congress and U.S. Milestones this month also remind us of this potential for change: We celebrated the 46th anniversary of Roe v. ![]() They’ve already begun to resist Trump’s agenda: A funding bill recently passed by the House - and that received bipartisan support in the Senate in December - includes language on ending the GGR, restoring funding to UNFPA, and increasing funding for international family planning. While there isn’t hope for this administration to end the policy, the new House of Representatives - who are more diverse and female than any class before them and a majority of whom are in support of sexual and reproductive health and rights - presents opportunities for change. This month marks two years since Trump signed the GGR. Some of these consequences have been documented, but many will take years to see. ADVERTISEMENT From preventing health care providers from offering HIV and AIDS prevention and treatment and cancer screenings, to damaging the patient-provider relationship, the policy (which Trump renamed Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance) does not protect life and, in fact, has been associated with severe health consequences for people all over the world. ![]()
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