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From Africa to Latin America, Planned Parenthood Global fights for sexual and reproductive health and rights around the world. Stay up to date with our latest news:

2023

April

4/25/23 Planned Parenthood Joins Emergency Day of Action on April 25 to Protest Hate and Bigotry and Stand in Solidarity with the LGBTQI+ Community

2021

July

7/13/21 Ecuador takes a historic step to protect survivors of sexual violence by decriminalizing abortion in cases of rape

2019

October

10/9/19 Planned Parenthood Global Welcomes Monica Kerrigan as its Executive Director

September

9/26/19 For First Time in Nearly 20 Years, Senate Committee Passes Bill Failing to Repeal the Global Gag Rule

9/18/19 Planned Parenthood Opposes Bremberg to Represent U.S. at the United Nations in Geneva

July

7/15/19 Planned Parenthood Condemns End to Asylum Protections for Central Americans

7/15/19 Nearly 80 Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice Organizations Unveil Proactive Blueprint for Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice

7/8/19 State Department Attempts to Redefine Human Rights In Order to Violate Them

June

6/26/19 Andrew Bremberg, Nominee for Critical Diplomatic Role at UN: Rape Survivors Do Not Have Right to Abortion

6/25/19 Planned Parenthood Celebrates Journalists and Missouri Abortion Providers at 2019 Media 

6/19/19 House of Representatives Passes Major Pro-Reproductive Health Spending Bill

6/13/19 Planned Parenthood Statement on ECHO Study

May

5/29/19 Innovative litigation filed against 3 countries to protect girls’ rights in Latin America 

5/16/19 House Committee Advances Reproductive Rights Protections Across the Globe

5/9/19 House Funding Bill Provisions Advance Reproductive Rights Across the Globe

5/3/19 Trump Nominates Kelly Knight Craft for U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations

April

4/29/19 ICYMI: Trump-Pence Administration Abandons Survivors of Rape as a Weapon of War in Order to Push Anti-Abortion Agenda

4/2/19 Planned Parenthood Welcomes Adoption of Declaration at the UN's Commission on Population and Development

March

3/26/19 Trump-Pence Administration Further Expands Global Gag Rule

3/26/19 Trump-Pence Administration Tries and Fails to Push Regressive Agenda at Commission on the Status of Women

3/7/19 Planned Parenthood Commends Reintroduction of “Reproductive Rights Are Human Rights” Act

February

2/2/19 Sen. Shaheen, Rep. Lowey Introduce the Global HER Act to Permanently End the Global Gag Rule

2018

December

12/10/18 Planned Parenthood Praises Intro of “Reproductive Rights are Human Rights” Act

12/07/18 Planned Parenthood Opposes Nauert’s Nomination for U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations

November

11/30/18 Planned Parenthood Doubles Down on HIV/AIDS Prevention on World AIDS Day

11/29/18 Planned Parenthood Welcomes Renewed Congressional Support for Global HIV/AIDS Program, Warns that Trump-Pence Policies Threaten Progress 

11/01/18 Trump-Pence Administration to Erase “Sexual and Reproductive Health” from U.S. Diplomacy

September

9/18/18 Planned Parenthood Global’s Dr. Linda Valencia Wins Prestigious Award from Harvard University for Her Life-Saving Maternal Health Work in Guatemala

9/18/18 Dra. Linda Valencia, integrante del equipo de Planned Parenthood Global, gana prestigioso galardón de la Universidad de Harvard por su trabajo vital en salud materna en Guatemala

July

7/9/18 Planned Parenthood Statement on Peru Court’s Ruling in Favor of Promsex, a Leading Reproductive Rights Organization

7/9/18 Declaración de Planned Parenthood sobre fallo de corte en Perú a favor de Promsex, una organización líder en la defensa de los derechos reproductivos

June

6/20/18 Planned Parenthood Stands With Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and All Immigrants

May

5/26/18 Planned Parenthood Stands With the Women of Ireland in Historic Vote for Women’s Health and Rights

April

4/20/18 Trump-Pence Administration Erases Reproductive Health and Rights From State Department’s Human Rights Report

4/11/18 Planned Parenthood Opposes the Nomination of Mike Pompeo for Secretary of State

March

3/23/18 Planned Parenthood Condemns U.S. Anti-Women’s Agenda Laid Out at Commission on the Status of Women

February

2/23/18 Recent Boko Haram Attack on School Girls in Nigeria Emblematic of Broader War on Women Globally

2/22/18 State Department Censors Women’s Health and Rights from Report on Human Rights

2/8/18 Trump-Pence Administration’s Global Gag Rule Has Hurt Women’s Health Around the World

January

1/9/18 Planned Parenthood Denounces Decision to End TPS for Salvadorans

2017

December

12/08/17 Planned Parenthood Warns that Ideological Agenda in the U.S Global HIV/AIDS Response Endangers Lives

12/01/17 Planned Parenthood Marks World AIDS Day With Global Effort Addressing HIV Stigma

November

11/21/17 Planned Parenthood Mourns the Loss of Dr. Fernando Tamayo, Founder of Profamilia Colombia

11/21/17 Planned Parenthood Welcomes New Head of International Planned Parenthood Federation, Dr. Alvaro Bermejo

October

10/24/17 High Incidence of Sexual Violence Towards Girls in Latin America Attracts the Attention of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

10/23/17 Planned Parenthood Global Launches IDEA Forum to Spur Innovation in Reproductive Health in Latin America

10/4/17 Planned Parenthood Opposes Nomination of Sam Brownback as Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom

September

9/7/17 Planned Parenthood Applauds Bipartisan Senate Committee Effort to Protect Access to Family Planning Programs in the U.S. and Globally

July

7/21/17 Planned Parenthood Global Welcomes Actress and Advocate Stephanie March

7/20/17 House Appropriations Committee Votes to Endanger Women in U.S. and Across the Globe

7/13/17 Planned Parenthood Condemns Yet Another Attack on Global Women’s Health by U.S. Congress

June

6/20/17 Planned Parenthood Stands With Refugees

6/5/17 Planned Parenthood Mourns the Loss of Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin

May

5/24/17 Trump Budget Continues Attack on Women With Proposed Cuts to International Family Planning Funds

5/15/17 During Women’s Health Week, Trump Administration Releases Devastating Anti-Woman Guidelines on Expanded Global Gag Rule

April

4/25/17 In Leaked Budget Proposal, Trump Administration Threatens to Cut Global Health Funding Worldwide by Nearly Two-Thirds

4/10/17 Planned Parenthood Statement on the UN's Commission on Population and Development

4/4/17 Planned Parenthood Alarmed by Trump Administration Actions Threatening UNFPA

March

3/24/17 Planned Parenthood Statement on U.S. Response to CSW61 Conclusions

3/17/17 Planned Parenthood Statement on Nikki Haley Remarks to CSW 61

January

1/24/17 Planned Parenthood Condemns Unprecedented Move by President Trump that Jeopardizes Vulnerable Women, Children and Communities Worldwide

1/23/17 In First Executive Action Since Historic Women's March, Trump Moves to Restrict Access to Reproductive Health Care Worldwide

1/13/17 Planned Parenthood Remains Concerned about Rex Tillerson’s Record and Qualifications to Serve as Secretary of State

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