US foreign policy and abortion

In this episode, Emily Maistrellis, Senior Program Officer at the Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health is hosting a conversation with three colleagues on the impact of US foreign policy on abortion worldwide. More specifically, they discuss the Global Gag Rule, or the GGR, and how even though the policy was rescinded in January 2021, the effects continue to be seen globally.

Speakers:

Patty Skuster, Beck Chair in Law at Temple Law School and fellow with the Center for Public Health Law Research

Anand Tamang, Founding Director of CREHPA, a research organization based in Kathmandu, Nepal

Evelyne Opondo, Senior Regional Director for Africa at the Center for Reproductive Rights

This episode builds on a special journal issue published by SRHM and Columbia University titled Exporting harm: impact of the expanded Global Gag Rule on sexual and reproductive health and rights.