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Thomas

@knutson_brain The theory is that perception of reality is formed through repetition, and that's how propaganda works. The theory is rough (and I guess rather weak in methodologically terms) but as long as most people comply those in power make use of it. That's why control of mass media has always been more important than terror. Only the weakest regimes must use extermination of dissenters as an additional principle. #rule #power #propaganda #suppression #terror

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Chuck Darwin

Trump has directed his administration to
❌block #global aid recipients from telling patients about #abortion — a move that would weaken reproductive health care worldwide.

The move, announced in a presidential memorandum Friday, revives a policy known as the “#global #gag #rule” that Trump and many other Republican presidents have implemented.
Already, contractors that receive U.S. foreign aid money cannot use it to directly support abortion services -- But they can tell people the option is available.
Trump is not the first GOP president to implement this policy,
but his interpretation of it, which matches an approach he took in his previous term, is the most expansive.
Other Republicans have only applied the gag rule to foreign aid that is specific to family planning services.
-- But Trump’s rule 💥affects any global health funding distributed by the United States.
The gag rule’s wide reach means that its implementation would weaken global efforts to prevent the spread of #HIV, to promote #contraception, and to fight diseases such as #malaria and #tuberculosis.
👉In the past, similar gag rules have resulted in family planning clinics in other countries shutting down and fewer people receiving contraception.
🆘 Some health centers have dropped contraception offerings in response to the policy,
leaving people with no local options for birth control.
❌The rule has also been associated with a higher rate of unintended pregnancy and abortion, including in countries where the procedure is not legal.

19thnews.org/2025/01/trump-rei

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Chuck Darwin

Trump signs order to reinstate ‘global gag rule’ on abortion aid

Federal rule also known as ‘#Mexico #City #policy’ halts US funds to overseas groups that provide abortion services

The policy, which was first instituted by Ronald Reagan in 1984, is typically implemented whenever a Republican president wins the White House and rescinded whenever a Democrat wins.

But this whiplash has major implications for abortion and reproductive healthcare around the world.

Historically, the revival of the Mexico City policy affects up to about $600m of international aid.

During his first term, however, Trump dramatically expanded the scope of the Mexico city policy,
which abortion rights supporters call a “#global #gag #rule”.

Rather than applying the policy only to family planning assistance, as was typical,
the Trump administration applied to it to assistance for organizations that offer a range of health services around the globe
– leading the policy to affect billions of dollars’ worth of aid.

According to the Guttmacher Institute, which tracks abortion restrictions and their impact, the policy can cut off access to contraception,
lead women to seek out unsafe abortions
and cause tumult within the non-governmental groups that depend on US aid to keep their programs going.

theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j

The Guardian · Trump signs order to reinstate ‘global gag rule’ on abortion aidBy Carter Sherman
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