During his first months in office, U.S. President Joe Biden has signaled a radically different approach to women and gender issues in foreign policy than his predecessor, Donald Trump, whose administration led the charge to pare back international efforts on sexual and reproductive health.
Spurred by a diverse coalition within the Democratic Party, Biden repealed some Trump-era policies driven by the Republican Party’s evangelical base, such as the Global Gag Rule banning international nonprofits that provide abortion counseling or referrals from receiving U.S. global health funding.
