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    Family planning faces 'funding emergency' as top donors cut aid budgets

    The U.S. president’s budget request for fiscal year 2026 proposes to eliminate funding for family planning and reproductive health. Meanwhile, the U.K., Netherlands, Germany, and Sweden have also announced planned reductions in their aid budgets in the coming years.

    By Jenny Lei Ravelo // 05 November 2025

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    Organizations working on family planning suffered a major setback this year when the United States, which accounts for 41% of donor government funding to family planning programs, or around $600 million per year, slashed its funding in early 2025. But more funding cuts could be coming.

    The U.S., the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Germany accounted for 83% of all donor government funding for family planning between 2020 and 2024, according to a new report by Family Planning 2030, based on analysis by the KFF.

    Yet future funding from these donors is looking uncertain.

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      Jenny Lei Ravelo is a Devex Senior Reporter based in Manila. She covers global health, with a particular focus on the World Health Organization, and other development and humanitarian aid trends in Asia Pacific. Prior to Devex, she wrote for ABS-CBN, one of the largest broadcasting networks in the Philippines, and was a copy editor for various international scientific journals. She received her journalism degree from the University of Santo Tomas.

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