TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Bhalotra, Sonia R.
AU  - Clarke, Damian
AU  - Mühlrad, Hanna
AU  - Sierra, Manuel Fernandez
        TI  - US Presidential Party Switches Are Mirrored in Global Maternal Mortality
        PY  - 2021/Dec/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 14915
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp14915
        AB  - The Global Gag Rule is a pro-life policy that prohibits aid to overseas non-governmental organisations offering abortion-related information or services. Since first implemented by President Reagan in 1984, it has been enacted under every Republican and revoked under every Democrat. It was tightened under President Trump and rescinded under President Biden. Using data for 1985-2019, we demonstrate that aid for family planning has been 48% higher under Democratic presidential regimes. We estimate that a switch from Democratic to Republican party, for an aid-receiving country with above-median reliance on US family planning aid, is associated with an additional 0.6 deaths per 1,000 women, an increase of 8%. This erodes a fifth of the average worldwide decline in maternal mortality achieved since 1990.
        KW  - maternal mortality
KW  - abortion
KW  - overseas aid
KW  - US Presidential party
KW  - Global Gag Rule
KW  - Mexico City Policy
        ER  -