Arbeitspapier

US Presidential Party Switches Are Mirrored in Global Maternal Mortality

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 It was tightened under President Trump and rescinded under President Biden.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.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 14915

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Thema
maternal mortality
abortion
overseas aid
US Presidential party
Global Gag Rule
Mexico City Policy

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Bhalotra, Sonia R.
Clarke, Damian
Mühlrad, Hanna
Fernandez Sierra, Manuel
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2021

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Bhalotra, Sonia R.
  • Clarke, Damian
  • Mühlrad, Hanna
  • Fernandez Sierra, Manuel
  • Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2021

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