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Foreign aid groups urge Canada to maintain funding for abortion, LGBTQ+ advocacy
Advocates warn cuts to global sexual and reproductive health programs risk reversing gains and cite data showing 2,110 maternal deaths prevented by Canadian funding last year.
- Feminist and development groups urge Canada to continue funding reproductive health and gender initiatives despite cuts to global health programming in its foreign aid budget.
- Canada plans to focus foreign aid spending on projects benefiting Canada domestically, such as supporting jobs and opening markets, while cutting billions, especially in global health.
- Advocates highlight coordinated efforts by far-right and authoritarian groups targeting sexual and reproductive health and rights globally, which are central to autonomy and gender equality.
- The Guttmacher Institute reports that Canada's $76.2 million family planning aid prevented thousands of maternal deaths and unsafe abortions, but cuts risk reversing these gains.
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Foreign aid groups urge Canada to maintain funding for abortion, LGBTQ+ advocacy
Feminist and development groups are urging Canada not to turn its back on funding reproductive health and gender initiatives, as Canada focuses its foreign aid cuts on global health programming.
·Kelowna, Canada
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