June 5, 2025 | Post
At the beginning of his second term, the Trump administration issued an executive order halting all foreign aid and assistance for a 90-day review. Since then, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the lead foreign assistance agency within the federal government, has been dissolved, with thousands of employees…...
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April 18, 2025 | Post
Trump’s administration, Musk’s DOGE, and their far-right coalition have battered America with wave after wave of damaging decisions in the short time they’ve been in office. They’re threatening our most vulnerable communities and demanding that we abandon those most in need while they dissolve all of our rights. Whether the…...
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April 2, 2025 | Post
Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), along with 45 co-sponsors, has newly introduced the Support UNFPA Funding Act—an updated version of a bill that she introduced in the House of Representatives in 2021 and again in 2023. The bill authorizes $50 million in funding for FY 2026 and $55 million for 2027…...
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July 30, 2024 | Post
On Thursday, July 25, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved its version of the FY 2025 State Department and Foreign Operations (SFOPS) funding bill. In marked contrast to the House version of the bill, it is free of right-wing culture war provisions. The Senate bill, as originally drafted, called for keeping…...
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July 2, 2024 | Post
It’s been 30 years since United Nations member states and representatives from civil society met in Cairo at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and agreed to its groundbreaking Programme of Action. It's a cornerstone document which recognizes that investments in family planning are central to sustainable development.…...
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June 4, 2024 | Post
Update: On June 5, the Senate failed to pass the cloture motion to advance the bill to the Senate floor. The bill fell short of the 60 votes needed, with 51 voting in favor, 39 voting against, and 10 not voting at all. Only two Republicans voted in favor: Susan…...
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May 28, 2024 | Post
In a letter to Chairman Diaz-Balart and Ranking Member Lee of the U.S. House Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, 138 representatives called for the allocation of crucial funding for international family planning and reproductive health care for the Fiscal Year 2025 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs…...
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December 17, 2023 | Post
Fifty years ago today, Sen. Jesse Helms (R-NC) reacted to the Roe v. Wade decision that affirmed the national right to abortion by making sure women in developing countries couldn’t have their safe and legal abortions paid for with U.S. foreign assistance. He did this during his very first year…...
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September 28, 2023 | Post
The past couple of years have been pretty traumatic for people in the United States who believe they should have a say over whether to continue their own pregnancies. Since the Supreme Court agreed in May 2021 to hear the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, Americans have had to…...
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