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Women's health in developing nations at risk after US aid ban expansion

Mexico City Policy

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Source: AAP

Reproductive rights advocates say the latest expansion of a United States ban on foreign aid to groups providing abortion-related services will hurt women’s health care in developing nations. The sanction, known as the Mexico City Policy, now extends to groups that already comply with it but give money to other organisations which don't.



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