On January 23, 2026 the Trump Administration announced an unprecedented expansion of the Global Gag Rule. PAI monitors the situation in real-time and will update the website as we learn more. Check back soon for more information about what this harmful expansion of the policy means for people worldwide. Help power PAI’s fight against the GGR.
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2017: Trump’s Global Gag Rule – The Many Extremities of a Monstrous Policy

President Trump’s expanded Global Gag Rule targets women’s reproductive rights by blocking global health assistance to foreign organizations who use 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. In addition to risking women’s lives, this deadly policy creates destructive ripple effects that are numerous and far-reaching. Here are some of the many threats Trump’s Global Gag Rule poses around the world.

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