Global Gag Rule and Women''s Reproductive Health - Rhetoric Versus Reality

This book supports three important messages: the global gag rule has failed to achieve its goal of reducing abortions; there is no definitive relationship between restrictive national abortion laws and abortion rates; and the 2017 expansion of the global gag rule will adversely affect a dashboard of health indicators.

List of contents

• Acknowledgements




• 1. Introduction


• 2. Global Gag Rule: Politics and Scope


• 3. U.S. Assistance for Family Planning: History and Objectives


• 4. Fertility and Contraceptive Use


• 5. Global Abortion Policies and Practices


• 6. Impact of the Global Gag Rule: New Estimates


• 7. Conclusion


• Bibliography


• Index

About the author

Yana van der Meulen Rodgers is a Professor of Women's and Gender Studies at Rutgers University, and she teaches courses and conducts research in labor studies, health economics, and development economics. Dr. Rodgers served as President of the International Association for Feminist Economics in 2013-14, and she has served as an associate editor for the journal Feminist Economics since 2005. She has also worked regularly as a consultant for the World Bank, the United Nations, and the Asian Development Bank. Dr. Rodgers earned her PhD in economics from Harvard University.

Summary

This book supports three important messages: the global gag rule has failed to achieve its goal of reducing abortions; there is no definitive relationship between restrictive national abortion laws and abortion rates; and the 2017 expansion of the global gag rule will adversely affect a dashboard of health indicators.

Product details

• Authors: Yana van der Meulen Rodgers, Yana Van Der Meulen (Professor Rodgers, Rodgers Yana van der Meulen
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.01.2019
• EAN: 9780190876128
• ISBN: 978-0-19-087612-8
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Demography, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, Ethical issues: abortion & birth control, Medical & healthcare law, Birth control, contraception, family planning, Medical and healthcare law, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General