Trump’s First Budget: America First Women Last?
May 23, 2017President Trump released his first budget today giving us a better understanding of the Administration’s priorities. Unfortunately, the priorities are terrible for women in the United States and around the world. Domestically the budget targets programs that disproportionately benefit low-income women such as Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP or food stamps), and Temporary Assistance … Read More »
On March 30th the Trump Administration announced that they will be defunding the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). UNFPA works in 150 countries providing a range of sexual and reproductive health services including: family planning, midwife training, prenatal care and safe childbirth, and programs to end child marriage and female genital cutting. The U.S. is … Read More »
Trump’s Global Gag Rule to Harm Millions of Women
January 24, 2017As one of his first acts in office, President Trump has signed an Executive Order that massively expands the already harmful “Global Gag Rule” that bars federal funding of organizations working overseas that advocate for, or refer patients to, abortion services. Trump’s Global Gag Rule will force clinicians to withhold information about legal health services, and violates the trusted relationship between a woman and her healthcare provider—sometimes at the cost of her life. Read More »
