Trump reinstated the Global Gag Rule on January 24, 2025. PAI monitors the situation in real-time and will update the website as we learn more. Please check back soon for more information about what this second iteration of the policy means for people worldwide. Help power PAI’s fight against the GGR.

Understanding the Policy

As one of his first actions in office, President Trump re-instated the Global Gag Rule, a policy that risks women’s health and lives by forcing nongovernmental organizations outside of the United States to choose between receiving U.S. global health assistance and providing comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care. Learn more about the history of the Global Gag Rule, its unprecedented expansions by President Trump as well as the Global HER Act, which would permanently repeal this harmful policy.

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Understanding the Impact

Under the Trump-Pence administration, the Global Gag Rule had devastating effects on global health. In Uganda, it forced a trusted provider to end a contraceptive program serving 6,000 young people. Trump’s expanded policy undermined the effectiveness and efficiency of U.S. investments in global health, and the Biden-Harris administration must now ensure that impacted organizations working in Uganda have the information and resources necessary to regain progress toward improving health outcomes for women, girls and communities.

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Have you been affected by this policy?

President Trump’s reinstatement of the Global Gag Rule blocks global health assistance to non-U.S. organizations using their own, non-U.S. funds to provide information, referrals or services for legal abortion or to advocate for access to abortion services in their own countries. This policy overstep prevents health professionals from delivering essential health services, discards bodily autonomy, and harms women around the world. Organizations that refuse to comply with this policy will lose U.S. funding to continue delivering health care and information that are at the heart of vibrant and prosperous communities.

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The Lingering Harm of the Global Gag Rule

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