How US government restrictions on foreign aid for abortion services backfired

How US government restrictions on foreign aid for abortion services backfired

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Series Title(s):
SIEPR policy brief
Author(s):
Miller, Grant, author
Bendavid, Eran, author
Brooks, Nina, author
Contributor(s):
Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, issuing body.
Publication:
Stanford, CA : Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), September 2019
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Abortion, Legal
Contraception
Family Planning Services
International Cooperation -- legislation & jurisprudence
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
Key Takeaways. (1) The Mexico City Policy has led to increases in abortion in a range of sub-Saharan African countries. (2) Those findings are based on an analysis of contraception, pregnancy, and abortion trends across the Clinton, Bush and Obama administrations. (3) In countries that depend heavily on U.S. support for family planning and reproductive health programs, contraceptive use decreased 14 percent, pregnancies rose 12 percent, and abortions climbed 40 percent when the policy was in effect relative to countries less reliant on U.S. support. (4) The evidence suggests that the policy leads to a reduction in contraceptive use and increased pregnancies and abortions.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (4 pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
101772291 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101772291