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HIGH-LEVEL STATEMENT1 We made promises which we intend to keep. We promised that women and girls would be at the center of many of the Sustainable Development Goals which the world came together to agree in 2016. America’s Global Gag Rule breaks that promise as it has a chilling effect on health services for the world’s most vulnerable women and girls. It will imperil millions of women and girls’ lives by increasing unintended pregnancies and unsafe abortions. It will also reverse decades of progress on reproductive, maternal and child health by putting critical health and family planning services and supplies out of reach for those who most need them. There are currently 225 million women in developing countries who want to avoid pregnancy but are not using modern contraception. Maternal mortality is the second‐leading cause of death for girls aged 15 to 19 years old, and the burden of unsafe abortion also falls overwhelmingly on the poorest. The evidence shows that access to contraception is transformative for girls, women and their families and communities. It is linked to greater gender equality, educational attainment and economic development. Health providers around the world face a painful choice between losing their US funding and losing the freedom to offer a full range of reproductive health services. We’ve been here before. Since its inception in 1984, the Global Gag Rule has been put into place at the start of every Republican administration and promptly rescinded under each Democratic administration. It’s time to take politics out of gender rights. As world leaders, we stand by our promises and will fight for the rights of women and girls wherever they live. We champion all organizations who are committed to providing comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services. We will work to provide a counterbalance to the Global Gag Rule and ensure that support is provided to help improve access to services to help stop unsafe abortion. We call on all governments to increase funding for contraceptive services and supplies and to support policies that will advance sexual and reproductive health and rights for all. 1 http://pai.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Signatories-to-High-Level-Statement-Final.pdf SIGNATORIES - CURRENT MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT A. EUROPE 1. Hon. Ulrika Karlsson, MP, Sweden, President, European Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development (EPF) Chair, Swedish All-party Parliamentary Group on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights 2. Senator Petra De Sutter, Belgium, EPF Vice-President 3. Hon. Nermina Kapetanovic, MP, Bosnia Herzegovina, EPF Vice-President 4. Hon. Yvonne Feri, MP, Switzerland, EPF Executive Committee Member 5. Hon. Edith Gueugneau, MP, France, EPF Executive Committee Member 6. Hon. Malahat Ibrahimqizi, MP, Azerbaijan, EPF Executive Committee Member 7. Hon. Katharina Kucharowits, MP, Austria, EPF Executive Committee Member 8. Hon. Ulla Sandbaek, MP, Denmark, EPF Executive Committee Member 9. Hon. Hannah Sarkkinen, MP, Finland, EPF Executive Committee Member Chair, Finnish All-party Parliamentary Group on Population and Development 10. Hon. Petra Bayr, MP, Austria, Chair, Austrian All-party Parliamentary Group on Reproductive Health 11. Hon. Fazil Gazanfaroglu, MP, Azerbaijan 12. Hon. Shahin Ismayilov, MP, Azerbaijan 13. Hon. Sevinj Huseynova, MP, Azerbaijan 14. Hon. Sadagat Valiyeva, MP, Azerbaijan 15. Hon. Sabien Lahaye-Battheu, MP, Belgium, Chair, Belgian All-Party Parliamentary Group for the 2030 Agenda 16. Hon. Roel Deseyn, MP, Belgium, Vice-Chair, Belgian All-Party Parliamentary Group for the 2030 Agenda 17. Hon. Karine Lalieux, MP, Belgium Vice-Chair, Belgian All-Party Parliamentary Group for the 2030 Agenda 18. Hon. Herman De Croo, MP, Flemish parliament, Belgium Minister of State, Former Speaker of the Belgian House of Representatives 19. Hon. Fatma Pehlivan, MP, Belgium 20. Hon. Evita Willaert, MP, Belgium 21. Hon. Nele Lijnen, MP, Belgium 22. Hon. An Capoen, MP, Belgium 23. Hon. Jean-Jacques Flahaux, MP, Belgium 24. Senator Johan Verstreken, Belgium 25. Hon. Els Van Hoof, MP, Belgium 26. Hon. George Dallemagne, MP, Belgium 27. Hon. Stéphane Crusnière, MP, Belgium 28. Senator Hélène Ryckmans, Belgium 29. Hon. Barbara Trachte, MP, Parliament of the Brussels-Wallonia Federation, Belgium 30. Hon. Zoe Génot, MP, Brussels Regional Parliament, Belgium 31. Hon. Meyrem Almaci, MP, Belgium 32. Hon. Zakia Khattabi, MP, Belgium 33. Hon. Cécile Thibaut, MP, Belgium 34. Hon. Muriel Gerkens, MP, Belgium 35. Hon. Marcel Cheron, MP, Belgium 36. Hon. Kattrin Jardin, MP, Belgium 37. Hon. Gwenaëlle Grovonius, MP, Belgium 38. Hon. Benoit Hellings, MP, Belgium 39. Hon. Daniel Senesael, MP, Belgium 40. Hon. George Loucaides, MP, Cyprus 41. Hon. Mette Gjerskov, MP, Denmark, Chair, Danish All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights 42. Hon. Mogens Jensen, MP, Denmark 43. Hon. Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen, MP, Denmark 44. Hon. Kirsten Brosbøl, MP, Denmark 45. Hon. Thomas Jensen, MP, Denmark 46. Hon. Lea Wermelin, MP, Denmark 47. Hon. Anette Lind, MP, Denmark 48. Hon. Astrid Krag, MP, Denmark 49. Hon. Benny Engebrecht, MP, Denmark 50. Hon. Peter Hummelgaard, MP, Denmark 51. Hon. Flemming Møller Mortensen, MP, Denmark 52. Hon. Christian Raabjerg Madsen, MP, Denmark 53. Hon. Mette Reissmann, MP, Denmark 54. Hon. Magnus Heunicke, MP, Denmark 55. Hon. Yildiz Akdogan, MP, Denmark 56. Hon. Rasmus Horn Langhoff, MP, Denmark 57. Hon. Mogens Lykketoft, MP, Denmark 58. Hon. Trine Bramsen, MP, Denmark 59. Hon. Jacob Engel-Schmidt, MP, Denmark 60. Hon. Pernille Skipper, MP, Denmark 61. Hon. Maria Reumert Gjerding, MP, Denmark 62. Hon. Jakob Sølvhøj, MP, Denmark 63. Hon. Peder Hvelplund, MP, Denmark 64. Hon. Pelle Dragsted, MP, Denmark 65. Hon. Rune Lund, MP, Denmark 66. Hon. Henning Hyllested, MP, Denmark 67. Hon. Finn Sørensen, MP, Denmark 68. Hon. Christian Juhl, MP, Denmark 69. Hon. Nikolaj Villumsen, MP, Denmark 70. Hon. Bruno Jerup, MP, Denmark 71. Hon. Søren Egge, MP, Denmark 72. Hon. Søren Søndergaard, MP, Denmark 73. Hon. Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen, MP, Denmark 74. Hon. Uffe Elbæk, MP, Denmark 75. Hon. Josephine Fock, MP, Denmark 76. Hon. Carolina Magdalene Maier, MP, Denmark 77. Hon. Roger Mathiesen, MP, Denmark 78. Hon. Pernille Schnoor, MP, Denmark 79. Hon. Rene Gade, MP, Denmark 80. Hon. Christian Poll, MP, Denmark 81. Hon. Torsten Gejl, MP, Denmark 82. Hon. Rasmus Nordqvist, MP, Denmark 83. Hon. Morten Østergaard, MP, Denmark 84. Hon. Martin Lidegaard, MP, Denmark 85. Hon. Andreas Steenberg, MP, Denmark 86. Hon. Lotte Rod, MP, Denmark 87. Hon. Ida Auken, MP, Denmark 88. Hon. Zenia Stampe, MP, Denmark 89. Hon. Marianne Jelved, MP, Denmark 90. Hon. Sophie Carsten Nielsen, MP, Denmark 91. Hon. Pia Olsen Dyhr, MP, Denmark 92. Hon. Lisbeth Poulsen, MP, Denmark 93. Hon. Jacob Mark, MP, Denmark 94. Hon. Michael Aastrup Jensen, MP, Denmark 95. Hon. Karsten Hønge, MP, Denmark 96. Hon. Kirsten Normann Andersen, MP, Denmark 97. Hon. Holger K Nielsen, MP, Denmark 98. Hon. Trine Torp, MP, Denmark 99. Hon. Heidi Hautala, MEP, European Parliament, Finland, Co-Chair, European Parliament Working Group on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights 100. Hon. Margrete Auken, MEP, European Parliament, Denmark 101. Hon. Malin Björk, MEP, European Parliament, Sweden 102. Hon. Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, MEP, European Parliament, Lithuania 103. Hon. Biljana Borzan, MEP, European Parliament, Croatia 104. Hon. Soledad Cabezón Ruiz, MEP, European Parliament, Spain 105. Hon. Anneliese Dodds, MEP, European Parliament, United Kingdom 106. Hon. Eleonora Forenza, MEP, European Parliament, Italy 107. Hon. Charles Goerens, MEP, European Parliament, Luxembourg 108. Hon. Ana Gomes, MEP, European Parliament, Portugal 109. Hon. Nathalie Griesbeck, MEP, European Parliament, France 110. Hon. Sylvie Guillaume, MEP, European Parliament, France 111. Hon. Rebecca Harms, MEP, European Parliament, Germany 112. Hon. Anna Hedh, MEP, European Parliament, Sweden 113. Hon. Eva Joly, MEP, European Parliament, France 114. Hon. Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, MEP, European Parliament, Finland 115. Hon. Philippe Lamberts, MEP, European Parliament, Belgium 116. Hon. Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar, MEP, European Parliament, Spain 117. Hon. Ulrike Lunacek, MEP, Vice-President of the European Parliament, Austria 118. Hon. Florent Marcellesi, MEP, European Parliament, Spain 119. Hon. Sirpa Pietikäinen, MEP, European Parliament, Finland 120. Hon. Julia Reda, MEP, European Parliament, Germany 121. Hon. Terry Reintke, MEP, European Parliament, Germany 122. Hon. Monika Vana, MEP, European Parliament, Austria 123. Hon. Hilde Vautmans, MEP, European Parliament, Belgium 124. Hon. Christine Revault d'Allonnes-Bonnefoy, MEP, European Parliament, France 125. Hon. Jeppe Kofod, MEP, European Parliament, Denmark 126. Hon. Agnes Jongerius, MEP, European Parliament, The Netherlands 127. Hon. Marita Ulvskog, MEP, European Parliament, Sweden 128. Hon. Peter Niedermüller, MEP, European Parliament, Hungary 129. Hon. Gianni Pittella, MEP, European Parliament, Italy 130. Hon. Jytte Guteland, MEP, European Parliament, Sweden 131. Hon. Karin Kadenbach, MEP, European Parliament, Austria 132. Hon. Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero, MEP, European Parliament, Spain 133. Hon. Jens Nilsson, MEP, European Parliament, Sweden 134. Hon. Karoline Graswander-Hainz, MEP, European Parliament, Austria 135. Hon. Istvan Ujhelyi, MEP, European Parliament, Hungary 136. Hon. Evelyne Gebhardt, Vice-president of the European Parliament, MEP, Germany 137. Hon. Georgi Pirinski, MEP, European