For our Africa Mondays we are discussing the aftermath of the ‘gaga rule’. This rule prohibits foreign nongovernmental organizations who receive U.S. global health assistance from providing legal abortion services or referrals, while also barring advocacy for abortion law reform even if it’s done with the NGO’s own, non-U.S. funds. The policy allows access to abortion only in cases of rape, incest, or when a woman’s life is at risk.

Emily Maistrellis a senior program officer in the Global Health Justice and Governance Program and Terry McGovern a human rights lawyer who chairs the Department of Population and Family Health at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health join Kwena Moabelo.