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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Resources

2020: Connect Four — Trump’s Four Years of Inadequate Budget Requests for Global Family Planning Programs

2020: PAI Urges Congress to Repeal Global Gag Rule, Highlights Devastating Effects on Women’s Health

2020: Urgent Action Needed to Address Real and Devastating Effects of Global Gag Rule on Women’s Health

2020: Opening a New Front in the Battle to Undermine Safe Abortion Efforts Overseas? Anti-Choice Members of Congress Write to Secretary Pompeo

2019: No Quid Pro Quo — Global Gag Rule Repeal Dropped with No Family Planning Funding Increase in Final FY 2020 Spending Deal

2019: So Far, So Bad: The Wide-Ranging Impacts of the Global Gag Rule Happening Now

2019: Party Poopers — Trump-Pence Administration Political Appointees at Nairobi Summit

2019: How the Expanded Global Gag Rule Affects Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

2019: Like a Bad Penny — Republican’s Draft Foreign Aid Spending Bill Turns Back Up and Is Approved Without Global Gag Rule Repeal Amendment

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Katie Unthank, Director of Strategic Communications, (202) 557-3427 | caunthank@pai.org