Reproductive rights advocates on Tuesday warned that a newly proposed expansion of the anti-choice global gag rule will put millions at even greater risk of being unable to access healthcare including abortion care. 'The Global Gag Rule has put millions at risk by forcing organizations to choose between desperately needed funding and providing their patients with comprehensive healthcare services.' --Brian Dixon, Population Connection Action Fund The U.S.
' 'Right now, 218 million women across the developing world who want to prevent pregnancy still have an unmet need for modern contraception, and up to 31,000 women and girls die every year from complications from unsafe abortion,' Dixon added. As other Republican presidents have done since the Reagan administration, President Donald Trump made reinstating the global gag rule one of his first actions after taking office in 2017.