Impact of the Trump Administration's Expanded Global Gag Rule Policy on Family Planning Service Provision in Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT: The Global Gag Rule (GGR) makes non-U.S. nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) ineligible for U.S. Government global health funding if they provide, refer, or promote access to abortion. This study quantitatively examines the impacts of the GGR on family planning service provision in Ethiopia. Using a panel of health facilities (2017-2020), we conduct a pre-post analysis to investigate the overall changes in family planning service provision before and after the policy came into effect in Ethiopia. Our pre-post analyses revealed post-GGR reductions in the proportions of facilities reporting family planning provision through community health volunteers (-5.6, 95% CI [-10.2, -1.0]), mobile outreach visits (-13.1, 95% CI [-17.8, -8.4]), and family planning and postabortion care service integra

SUBMITTER: Sully EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9328269 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature