Interesting opinion piece in The Hill:
«Programs not directly affected by the global gag rule still experience a chilling effect due to confusion about what it does and doesn’t permit, research finds. If it were expanded as Project 2025 proposes, marginalized people — families living in poverty, racial and ethnic minorities, the LGBTQ community — would suffer disproportionately.
Such unjust measures should have no place in U.S. policy. That’s why Congress should pass the Global HER Act, which would permanently repeal the global gag rule. In countries where abortion is legal, it would permit non-U.S. NGOs to use their own funds to provide safe and legal abortions, without losing U.S. funding for other programs.
Relying on temporary pauses of the global gag rule under Democratic administrations is not enough. The on-again, off-again nature of the current policy creates a convoluted environment for U.S. grantees that bedevils their programs even when the global gag rule is not in effect. Repealing the rule through legislative action is the only way to undo the far-reaching, long-lasting damage the rule has wrought over 40 years.
Beyond that, passing the Global HER Act would be a positive affirmation that the U.S. truly supports full realization of sexual and reproductive health and rights for everyone around the world. With the threat of an expanded global gag rule looming on the horizon, the time to affirm that is now.»
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/4866475-project-2025-global-gag-rule/