Thread by @alaskawater

Conservative evangelical efforts to infringe on a woman’s right to choose has spread to Canada as well as in United States.

This is a danger to women and girls all over the world. 🧵

#WomensRights
#GlobalGagRule #ONEV1 #DemVoice1

https://twitter.com/telfordk/status/1400788973849567235

2/ One of first major policies enacted by **former administration Included #GlobalGagRule This resulted in a loss of funding for Title X programs unless they made referrals for pregnant women to centers encouraging keeping pregnancy. #ONEV1 #DemVoice1

tcf.org/content/facts/…

3/ TFG allocated $8.8 BILLION extending #GlobalGagRule worldwide. This is damaging to women in emerging countries where allowing women to work and plan pregnancies helps to build struggling economies, lifting families out of poverty. #ONEV1 #DemVoice1

opensocietyfoundations.org/explainers/wha…

4 / Although #GlobalGagRule dates to Reagan administration, in recent years it was promoted with vigor among evangelicals. It is a litmus test in GOP dominated legislatures, making women’s health especially difficult during pandemic. #DemVoice1 #ONEV1

msmagazine.com/2020/03/30/the…

5/ One of Biden’s first acts was to reverse #GlobalGagRule but like other policies of last four years, reversing policy at top is not enough to make changes at implementation level. We must invest more in women’s health worldwide. #ONEV1 #DemVoice1

foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/04/glo…

6/6 Gender equality groups demand further action worldwide to promote women’s health outreach; But more than that, to solidify gains so that women’s health and autonomy is not a political football to be given and rescinded politically. #ONEV1 #DemVoice1

healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hbl…

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