As the world’s leading global health donor, the United States has pledged to provide equitable, accessible reproductive health care worldwide. However, two major policies often interfere with and disrupt these essential health care services: the “global gag rule” and the Helms Amendment. These policies have devastating impacts on safe abortion access and other health services for millions of people in low- and middle-income countries, disproportionately harming people of color. Meanwhile, within the United States, policies like the Hyde Amendment restrict abortion access within the United States and have come into sharper focus since the overturn of Roe v. Wade in 2022.
This set of resources analyzes the global and domestic impacts of these restrictive policies—including how Project 2025 plans to dismantle critical health care structures and protections—and outlines actionable steps to safeguard reproductive rights and services both in the United States and abroad.
Silencing Aid: What is the Global Gag Rule?
Silencing Aid: What is the Helms Amendment?
Denying Services: What is the Hyde Amendment?
Project 2025: How the Conservative Agenda Threatens Global Gender Equality and Reproductive Rights