Submitted on Friday 24th February 2017
Rejected on Monday 6th March 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Join the Netherlands' international safe abortion fund.
In January, the Trump administration reinstated and expanded the "global gag rule" banning US federal funding for NGOs worldwide that provide abortion services or information, leaving a $600m funding gap for family planning services and work on combatting viruses like AIDS in developing countries.
Unsafe abortions are a major cause of maternal mortality worldwide - 45,000 women die of unsafe abortion annually (WHO).
Trump's gag rule puts NGOs in the terrible position of having to decide between continuing to offer or advocate safe abortion and cutting off a significant funding stream (the US is the largest donor to global health efforts in the world - KFF.org).
The Netherlands is leading a campaign to plug the deficit and has already attracted 20 countries. The UK must do its part.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/178369
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