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<blockquote data-quote="It will be fine" data-source="post: 3540557" data-attributes="member: 55017">specifically, the study found that abortion rates rose in countries with high exposure to the Mexico City Policy compared to those with low exposure, while the use of modern contraceptives declined over the same period in high exposure compared to low exposure countries. In other words, it found patterns “suggesting that the Mexico City Policy is associated with increases in abortion rates in sub-Saharan African countries,” likely because foreign NGOs that declined U.S. funding as a result of the Mexico City Policy – often key providers of women’s health services in these areas – had fewer resources to support family planning services, particularly contraceptives.<a href="https://www.kff.org/global-health-policy/fact-sheet/mexico-city-policy-explainer/#footnote-257134-32" target="_blank">32</a> Increased access to and use of contraception has been shown to be key to preventing unintended pregnancies and thereby reducing abortion, including unsafe abortion.This is from the Kaiser family foundation. There’s plenty of sources if you’d search for trumps gag order impacts.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="It will be fine, post: 3540557, member: 55017"] specifically, the study found that abortion rates rose in countries with high exposure to the Mexico City Policy compared to those with low exposure, while the use of modern contraceptives declined over the same period in high exposure compared to low exposure countries. In other words, it found patterns “suggesting that the Mexico City Policy is associated with increases in abortion rates in sub-Saharan African countries,” likely because foreign NGOs that declined U.S. funding as a result of the Mexico City Policy – often key providers of women’s health services in these areas – had fewer resources to support family planning services, particularly contraceptives.[URL='https://www.kff.org/global-health-policy/fact-sheet/mexico-city-policy-explainer/#footnote-257134-32']32[/URL] Increased access to and use of contraception has been shown to be key to preventing unintended pregnancies and thereby reducing abortion, including unsafe abortion. This is from the Kaiser family foundation. There’s plenty of sources if you’d search for trumps gag order impacts. [/QUOTE]

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