Senator Maggie Hassan Statement on President Trump’s Executive Order Reinstating the Global Gag Rule

Senator Maggie Hassan Statement on President Trump's Executive Order Reinstating the Global Gag Rule

WASHINGTON - Senator Maggie Hassan released the following statement after President Trump issued an executive order reinstating the global gag rule, which cuts off United States international assistance funds to overseas health centers that use their own, non-U.S. funds for abortion services, including counseling and referrals:

"A woman's right to make her own health care decisions and control her own destiny is critical to the health and well-being of women around the world. I strongly oppose President Trump's decision to re-institute a backward policy that will limit women's access to reproductive health care and family planning services. This dangerous restriction on foreign aid to some of our world's most vulnerable people is not consistent with our values as Americans. We cannot let efforts to roll back women's rights go unchecked, and I will support Senator Shaheen's legislation to permanently repeal the global gag rule."

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