Trump officials want to bring their backward ideas on women's health to the UN

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Trump officials want to bring their backward ideas on women's health to the UN

https://shareblue.com/donald-trump-united-nations-womens-health-abortion-alex-azar-un/

Lisa Needham - September 24, 2019



At the United Nations this week, the Trump team shopped a letter asking other countries to agree to the administration's regressive health policies.

Not content to restrict the rights of women here at home, the Trump team has been approaching other countries to get them to sign on to this administration's backward views as to women's health.

The Guardian reported on a leaked letter signed by both Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar that was written to several United Nations member states they believe are sympathetic to this administration's retrograde views on reproductive health issues. As the Guardian put it, this is what seems to be "the latest attempt by the Trump administration to roll back women's rights."

This letter was intended to be presented at Monday's U.N. meeting on universal health coverage, though the meeting website makes no mention of the administration's efforts. It's an odd fit for the meeting, given that the goal of the session was to "mobilize the global community and secure political commitment from Heads of State and Government to accelerate progress toward achieving universal health coverage by 2030."
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A drastic reduction in the ability of organizations to fight deadly diseases and prevent unwanted pregnancies is hardly a way to "increase access to vital healthcare and advance optimal health outcomes for women, children, and adolescents" — but this administration doesn't care. What they really care about is imposing a narrow evangelical worldview on everyone else, and they're hoping to use U.N. meetings to do it.
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Trump's anti-abortion rule actually increases abortions by 40%

https://shareblue.com/global-gag-rule-trump-increase-abortions-40-percent/
By Dan Desai Martin -July 1, 2019



Trump's anti-woman global gag rule reduces women's access to health care and increases the number of abortions around the world.

Trump's attack on women's health care and abortion access around the world has been discovered to actually increase the number of people seeking abortions by 40%, according to a study released June 27 in the Lancet.

The rigorous study lays out the evidence that the global gag rule is responsible for denying women adequate health care, leading to an increase in unwanted pregnancies and a subsequent increase in the number of abortions.

The global gag rule denies U.S. international assistance to any organization that speaks to women about abortion as a health care option. U.S. law already prevents taxpayer funds from being used to perform abortions, but the global gag rule goes further, preventing organizations that receive U.S. assistance from using their own funds to perform abortions, or even refer women to clinics that provide abortions.
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When Trump implemented the global gag rule, the White House claimed it was because he "made it very clear that he's a pro-life president." Yet this policy is responsible for an uptick in abortions, as the Lancet points out.

In the countries studied, scientists found a 14% decrease in the use of contraception and a 12% increase in pregnancies.

"If you lower the contraceptive supply, then there are more unintended pregnancies and then more abortions," Nina Brooks, one of the authors of the study, told NPR.

The decrease in contraception occurred because many of the organizations that were denied funding provide a wide range of health care services, including birth control. Without the funding, those services were scaled back, women were denied access to contraception, unwanted pregnancies increased and thus there were more abortions.........................

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[pangaia]

1. most of those people arent even listening to him

[Newest Reality]

2. Ah...

What is with the watering down? Are they trying not to offend someone?

Oh, I know the title would be sensationalist or biased but:

"Trump's Administration Reveals That It Is Making Christian Fascist Extremism An Important Aspect Of Its International Policy" Would be more accurate, because that is exactly what is happening, nationally and internationally.

This is only casually mentioned at the end of the second article, but to me, it is the actual source of the policy, not just the "Administration's ideas". There is a definite faction motivating this and it is not being emphasized enough. With Pence as a potential successor during this term, the red lights should flash brightly on this one, especially as it becomes more overt.

A drastic reduction in the ability of organizations to fight deadly diseases and prevent unwanted pregnancies is hardly a way to "increase access to vital healthcare and advance optimal health outcomes for women, children, and adolescents" — but this administration doesn't care. What they really care about is imposing a narrow evangelical worldview on everyone else, and they're hoping to use U.N. meetings to do it.

(emphasis is mine)