Groups working to improve the health of women around the world are
nervous that the Trump presidency could mean an unraveling of what they
consider to be eight years of progress in helping women get birth
control, healthier babies and safer births.
And they are not sure what they can do about it.
"This incoming president has made clear that he does not respect
women," Beth Schlachter, executive director of Family Planning 2020
(FP2020), told reporters.
FP2020 is an international organization devoted
to helping women control when and how they have children. The group just
released a report November 1 celebrating a new milestone: 300 million
women in the 69 poorest countries are now using contraception.
"For example, in Eastern and Southern Africa,
for the first time ever more than 30 percent of women and girls are now
using a modern method of contraception," the group said in a statement.
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Source: NBC News
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