<|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|>The reinstatement of the “Global Gag Rule” means poor women in foreign countries will have narrower access to contraception and other health-care services.
Two days after millions of women and their allies throughout the world took to the streets to protest the<wm> US withdrawal from a key international accord meant to increase access to reproductive healthcare, the US has finally reinstated the Global Gag Rule, a policy that has long limited a woman’s access to birth control. [Source: “US Withdrawn From Global Gag Rule After Weeks of Protests,” BBC]

In a statement, the Biden Administration says there are ongoing efforts to ensure women have "the full benefit of the benefits and protections" provided under the US foreign assistance package, in the form of $</wm>350 million in aid for contraception. However, the US withdrawal from the treaty did leave the implementation of