00:00As the United States administration ramped up its global battle against abortion,
00:05more and more women in Africa are at heightened risk of medical complications and death.
00:10The abortion debate is now making interest in several African countries,
00:14despite the obvious risk associated with it.
00:17For decades, U.S. anti-abortion groups have lobbied domestically and abroad
00:20for restricting access to abortion, as the Trump administration pushes for more restrictions.
00:25We're going to start blocking every international GO that performs or promotes abortion abroad
00:32from receiving a dollar of U.S. money.
00:35The U.S. has given fresh momentum to efforts to promote conservative family values overseas
00:40through sweeping changes to U.S. foreign aid.
00:43The new rules represent a radical expansion of earlier U.S. policy
00:47that cut assistance to overseas groups providing abortion-related services.
00:52Experts said at least $30 billion in U.S. aid could be affected, reshaping health policies worldwide.
00:59Well, we can see quite clearly from the publicly available financial filings of U.S. Christian right groups
01:05that they have been making historic investments in Africa.
01:08And when you look at the figures from 2019 to the present day, you see significant jumps.
01:16And the amounts of money are significant, the increases are significant,
01:22and this reflects a lot of what we're hearing from sexual and reproductive rights activists on the continent
01:29that have been flagging repeatedly the increasing visibility of U.S. groups and U.S. funded groups,
01:38U.S. supported groups in battles against rights that are extremely, extremely serious.
01:45In countries, for instance, Kenya, seven women die every day on average from complications of unsafe abortions.
01:56Endurance Programme
01:57O.S.
01:57Porque
01:58A.D.
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