Donald Trump has now reinstated the Mexico City Policy (‘Global Gag Rule’) which blocks US funding to foreign charities that provide or support abortion.
Many organisations are already fearing a loss of funding as a result.
SAAF grantee partner KELIN told the Japan Times about the impact on their work:
“We applied for a grant to support our TB program, but when Trump reinstated the global gag rule, we were told we would only get the money if we signed a form committing to stop all our safe abortion advocacy work,” said Allan Maleche, executive director of the Kenya Legal and Ethical Issue Network on HIV and AIDS.
“We were unwilling to stop our SRHR programs, so we had to withdraw our application and look elsewhere for the TB funds.”