each and every day, 830 women die from pregnancy or childbirth-related complications.\u00a0 most live in low- or middle-income countries where this policy will take effect. the impact will be most acute on women and families living in poverty that find themselves unintentionally pregnant.\u00a0 as a result of the gag rule, these families will have little to no access to information about, or services related to abortion care.\u00a0 many will be left to fend for themselves and will no doubt turn to unsafe methods to terminate their pregnancies. in low income countries, complications from pregnancy and childbirth, including unsafe abortion, is one of the leading causes of death for young women ages 15-19. each year at least 2 million women undergo unsafe abortions, and tens of thousands die from them. united states policies such as the global gag rule are complicit in these deaths, forcing health care providers to withhold lifesaving information and services women need to make safe and informed decisions about the size and timing of their families. those faced with an unwanted pregnancy that cannot see their way to having another child and who have just lost their access to safe abortion care, will instead turn to unsafe methods to terminate their pregnancies, ultimately putting their own health and lives in grave danger.<\/p>\n
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reviving and expanding the inhumane, dictatorial global gag rule is just the beginning of the trump-pence harm agenda.\u00a0 we can also expect an expansion of bans on insurance coverage for abortion as early as today. taking an already bad idea and making it somehow worse, it seems, is to be the hallmark of this reckless and cruel administration.