US foreign aid restrictions and maternal and children's health: Evidence from the "Mexico City Policy".

ABSTRACT: This paper analyzes the link between foreign aid for family planning services and a broad set of health outcomes. More specifically, it documents the harmful effects of the so-called “Mexico City Policy” (MCP), which restricts US funding for nongovernmental organizations that provide abortion-related services abroad. First enacted in 1985, the MCP is implemented along partisan lines; it is enforced only when a Republican administration is in office and quickly rescinded when a Democrat wins the presidency. Although previous research has shown that MCP causes significant disruption to family planning programs worldwide, its consequences for health outcomes, such as mortality and HIV rates, remain underexplored. The independence of the MCP’s implementation from the situation in recipient cou

SUBMITTER: Kavakli KC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9171610 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature