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News & Media
House bill boosts US foreign aid funding, removes abortion restrictions
By Adva Saldinger
The House Just Passed a Spending Bill Without the Hyde Amendment for the First Time in 45 Years
By Sarah Jacoby
The House Just Passed Federal Spending Bills Without Abortion Restrictions for the First Time in Decades
By Abigail Abrams
The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Facebook – A huge win for Biden, centrist senators
By Alexis Seimendinger and Al Weaver
Democrats repeal prohibition on funding abortions abroad
By Laura Kelly
The RUNDOWN with Averi Harper
By Averi Harper
GOP anti-abortion riders in foreign aid bill fall short
By Rachel Oswald
US bill ends some restrictions on global funding of abortion and reproductive health
By Janice Jopkins Tanne
April 30, 2021
Biden urged to end US aid ‘abortion ban’
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We must decolonize our global health systems — It’s time to repeal the Helms Amendment
March 9, 2021
How U.S. aid for reproductive health could change under Biden
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March 9, 2021
In Hospitals Across Africa, A Lack Of Post-Abortion Care
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January 28, 2021
Biden drops Trump’s antiabortion ‘global gag rule.’ Here’s what that means for abortion access worldwide.
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Abortion is Health Care Everywhere: Expanding abortion access globally
Abortion is Health Care Everywhere: Ensuring access to abortion services for millions of people globally
Schakowsky, Colleagues Celebrate Passage of Funding Bill Free of Abortion Restrictions
March 9, 2021
Dismantling racist laws and policies that deny people access to essential abortion services
December 17, 2020
The Helms Amendment: 47 years of denying U.S. support for international reproductive health and rights
December 17, 2020
Global Gag Rule is just the tip of the iceberg: Why Repealing the Helms Amendment matters
By Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), Jackie Speier (D-Calif.), and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) in The Hill
July 29, 2020
Bill Introduction
Protecting Bodily Autonomy: Let’s Get Rid of the Helms Amendment Once and For All
A discussion with Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, Ipas President and CEO Anu Kumar, and Ipas Ethiopia Country Director and advocate Saba Kidanemariam, moderated by journalist and attorney Jill Filipovic.
Rep. Jan Schakowsky and Rep. Barbara Lee discuss Helms repeal on the podcast On the Issues with Michele Goodwin