Box 1: The Original Language of the Mexico City Policy, 1984 global family planning assistance and, when in place under the Trump administration, most other U.S. government policy that – when in effect – has required foreign NGOs to certify that they will not “perform or actively promote abortion as a method of family planning” using funds from any source (including non-U.S. This explainer provides an overview of the history of the policy, including the changes made by President Trump, as well as the implications of the Biden administration rescinding the policy for programs going forward.In rescinding the policy, President Biden required agencies involved in foreign assistance to immediately end the imposition of the policy in future awards, waive the policy’s application in existing awards, and notify recipients as soon as possible that the policy conditions have been waived.
development assistance beyond global health and other non-U.S. The Trump administration also moved to further tighten restrictions, reaching other areas of U.S. programs, and potentially encompassed $7.3 billion in FY 2020 alone, to the extent that such funding was ultimately provided to foreign NGOs, directly or indirectly (family planning assistance accounted for approximately $600 million of that total).
NIH GAG ORDER PROFESSIONAL
Supported by professional codes of ethics and discipline-specific education, we present concrete activities readers can use to address gag order legislation and in doing so, protect patient and community health outcomes.Īcademic freedom Health disparities Health equity Legislative gag orders Nursing education Professional autonomy.Ĭopyright © 2023 Elsevier Inc. This commentary seeks to highlight the immediate and long-term impact of academic gag orders and to encourage action in opposition of such legislation. Nursing and other faculty in higher education, however, are being gagged by laws and executive orders which prevent them from teaching and conducting research about historic and contemporary health disparities. Similarly, national research institutions and private grant funders are funding health disparities research. Many nursing and other professional healthcare organizations have recognized and published statements decrying racism in healthcare and calling for an increased focus on health disparities and advancing health equity. The number of these laws, also called gag orders, is increasing despite a national outcry against racism, homophobia and transphobia, and other forms of discrimination. Since 2021, some state legislators have passed laws that limit what public institutions can teach about discrimination.
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