The United Nations Population Fund is facing the potential specter of financial mayhem: And its name is Donald J. Trump.
If the former United States president is elected for a second term on Tuesday, the White House is all but certain to cut U.S. funding to the U.N. agency, known as UNFPA, according to experts on women’s health.
The U.N. fund, which provides reproductive health services and education to women and girls in more than 150 countries, has grown accustomed to the Republican budget axe. Every Republican president since Ronald Reagan has halted its funding, while every Democratic president has restored it.
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Colum Lynch
Colum Lynch is an award-winning reporter and Senior Global Reporter for Devex. He covers the intersection of development, diplomacy, and humanitarian relief at the United Nations and beyond. Prior to Devex, Colum reported on foreign policy and national security for Foreign Policy Magazine and the Washington Post. Colum was awarded the 2011 National Magazine Award for digital reporting for his blog Turtle Bay. He has also won an award for groundbreaking reporting on the U.N.’s failure to protect civilians in Darfur.
