The Guardian: Aid groups lambast Coalition for halving family planning foreign aid “Aid groups have attacked the Australian government for slashing its foreign aid spending on family planning and urged it to fill a leadership void left by the Trump administration. Australia’s aid funding for family planning has halved from…

New York Times: Enticing Pregnant Women in Liberia to Give Birth in Health Centers “…Local clinicians say they are seeing more women deliver in hospitals as a result [of some Liberian communities’ policies that encourage women to give birth in health centers by threatening financial penalties — a practice aimed…

Devex: Nikki Haley needs to square rhetoric with U.S. funding, experts say following hearing “Development experts are expressing concern as to how Nikki Haley, United States ambassador to the United Nations, will square her seemingly open-minded rhetoric on the U.N. and humanitarian work with the likely future leadership direction –…

Humanosphere: More than 200 million women still lack access to modern contraception “A new study published [Thursday] by the Guttmacher Institute reports that some 214 million women, mostly in the developing world, lack access to modern methods of contraception and other reproductive services routinely available in the West…” (Nikolau, 6/29).…

The Lancet: Sexual health and reproductive rights at a crossroad Editorial Board “The untimely death of Babatunde Osotimehin, executive director of the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA), comes at a turbulent time for sexual and reproductive health and rights. … In the darkening atmosphere surrounding sexual and reproductive health and rights,…

POLITICO: PLAYBOOK INTERVIEW: Sue Desmond-Hellmann, CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation “Sue Desmond-Hellmann, the CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, was drawn to one particular item in President Donald Trump’s proposed budget — the massive cuts to foreign aid. … Desmond-Hellman says she is concerned that…

Newsweek: Trump’s Contraceptive Cuts Will Make The World Poorer Robert Walker, president of the Population Institute “…[T]he Trump administration’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2018 would end America’s support for international family planning assistance. It has already terminated America’s support for the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA), which is a major…

BMJ Opinion: Ann Starrs: A critical moment to increase investments in women’s family planning needs Ann M. Starrs, president and CEO of the Guttmacher Institute, writes, “Investments in sexual and reproductive health are critical for saving lives and reducing ill-health among women and their children — and for fulfilling their…

Kaiser Family Foundation: The U.S. Government and International Family Planning & Reproductive Health: Statutory Requirements and Policies This updated fact sheet “summarizes the major statutory requirements and policies pertaining to U.S. global family planning/reproductive health (FP/RH) efforts over time and identifies those currently in effect. These laws and policies collectively…

EURACTIV: Mimica: We are analyzing aid funding gaps left by the U.S. “…Neven Mimica is Croatia’s first European Commissioner since the country’s E.U. accession in 2013. He has served as minister of European integration and as deputy prime minister. … Mimica spoke to EURACTIV’s Senior Editor Georgi Gotev [about issues…