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in 1984, the Global Gag Rule has been put into place at the start of every Republican administration and promptly rescinded under each Democratic administration.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.

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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, , 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. , 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. , MP, Denmark 47. Hon. Anette Lind, MP, Denmark 48. Hon. , 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. , MP, Denmark 55. Hon. , MP, Denmark 56. Hon. , MP, Denmark 57. Hon. , MP, Denmark 58. Hon. , MP, Denmark 59. Hon. Jacob Engel-Schmidt, MP, Denmark 60. Hon. , MP, Denmark 61. Hon. Maria Reumert Gjerding, MP, Denmark 62. Hon. Jakob Sølvhøj, MP, Denmark 63. Hon. , MP, Denmark 64. Hon. Pelle Dragsted, MP, Denmark 65. Hon. , MP, Denmark 66. Hon. , MP, Denmark 67. Hon. Finn Sørensen, MP, Denmark 68. Hon. Christian Juhl, MP, Denmark 69. Hon. , 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. , 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. , MP, Denmark 82. Hon. Rasmus Nordqvist, MP, Denmark 83. Hon. Morten Østergaard, MP, Denmark 84. Hon. , MP, Denmark 85. Hon. Andreas Steenberg, MP, Denmark 86. Hon. Lotte Rod, MP, Denmark 87. Hon. , MP, Denmark 88. Hon. , MP, Denmark

89. Hon. , MP, Denmark 90. Hon. Sophie Carsten Nielsen, MP, Denmark 91. Hon. , MP, Denmark 92. Hon. Lisbeth Poulsen, MP, Denmark 93. Hon. , MP, Denmark 94. Hon. , MP, Denmark 95. Hon. Karsten Hønge, MP, Denmark 96. Hon. , MP, Denmark 97. Hon. Holger K Nielsen, MP, Denmark 98. Hon. Trine Torp, MP, Denmark 99. Hon. Heidi Hautala, MEP, , Finland, Co-Chair, European Parliament Working Group on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights 100. Hon. , 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. Tarja Filatov, MP, Finland 125. Hon. Eeva-Johanna Eloranta, MP, Finland 126. Hon. Aila Paloniemi, MP, Finland 127. Hon. Krista Mikkonen, MP, Finland 128. Hon. Kari Uotila, MP, Finland 129. Hon. Heli Maria Järvinen, MP, Finland 130. Hon. Eeva-Johanna Eloranta, MP, Finland 131. Hon. Aino-Kaisa Pekonen, MP, Finland 132. Hon. Satu Hassi, MP, Finland 133. Hon. Tuula Haatainen, MP, Finland 134. Hon. Olli-Poika Parviainen, MP, Finland 135. Hon. Kristiina Salonen, MP, Finland 136. Hon. Ilkka Kantola, MP, Finland 137. Hon. Heli Järvinen, MP, Finland

138. Hon. Eva Biaudet, MP, Finland 139. Hon. Catherine Coutelle, MP, France, Chair, National Assembly Delegation on Women’s Rights & Equal Opportunities between Men and Women 140. Hon. Monique Orphé, MP, France 141. Hon. Martine Lignières-Cassou, MP, France 142. Hon. Pascal Cherki, MP, France 143. Hon. Sandrine Mazetier, MP, France 144. Hon. Virginie Duby-Muller, MP, France 145. Hon. Marie-George Buffet, MP, France 146. Hon. Chaynesse Khirouni, MP, France 147. Hon. Maud Olivier, MP, France 148. Senator Chantal Jouanno, France Chair, Senate Delegation on Women’s Rights & Equal Opportunities between Men and Women 149. Hon. Barbara Romagnan, MP, France 150. Hon. Jean-Marie Tétart, MP, France 151. Hon. Berangère Poletti, MP, France 152. Hon. Conchita Lacuey, MP, France 153. Hon. Pascale Crozon, MP, France 154. Hon. Christophe Premat, MP, France 155. Hon. Gilda Hobert, MP, France 156. Hon. Laurence Arribagé, MP, France 157. Hon. Maina Sage, MP, France 158. Hon. Véronique Massonneau, MP, France 159. Hon. Chantal Guittet, MP, France 160. Hon. , MP, Germany, Chair, German Parliamentary Advisory Council for Population and Development 161. Hon. , MP, Germany 162. Hon. Dr. , MP, Germany 163. Hon. , MP, Germany 164. Hon. Kordula Schulz-Asche, MP, Germany 165. Hon. , MP, Germany 166. Hon. Anette Hübinger, MP, Germany 167. Hon. Martin Rabanus, MP, Germany 168. Hon. Sven-Christian Kindler, MP, Germany 169. Hon. , MP, Germany 170. Hon. Sabine Weiss, MP, Germany 171. Hon. , MP, Germany 172. Hon. , MP, Germany 173. Hon. Sibylle Pfeiffer, MP, Germany 174. Hon. Dr. Harald Terpe, MP, Germany 175. Hon. Michaela Engelmeier, MP, Germany 176. Hon. Jürgen Klimke, MP, Germany 177. Hon. Stefan Rebmann, MP, Germany 178. Hon. Katja Dörner, MP, Germany 179. Hon. Marina Kermer, MP, Germany 180. Hon. Dr. Bärbel Kofler, MP, Germany, Commissioner of the Federal Government for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Aid 181. Hon. Elke Ferner, MP, Germany, Parliamentary Secretary of State Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women & Youth

182. Hon. , MP, Germany, Parliamentary Secretary of State Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth 183. Hon. Ioanneta Kavvadia, MP, Greece 184. Deputy Jan O’Sullivan, TD, Ireland Chair, Irish All-Party Parliamentary Group on Population and Development 185. Senator Alice Mary Higgins, Ireland 186. Senator Ivana Bacik, Ireland 187. Deputy Joan Collins, TD, Ireland 188. Deputy , TD, Ireland 189. Deputy , TD, Ireland 190. Deputy Kate O’Connell, TD, Ireland 191. Deputy Catherine Connolly, TD, Ireland 192. Deputy Brid Smith, TD, Ireland 193. Senator Grace O’Sullivan, Ireland 194. Deputy Gino Kenny, TD, Ireland 195. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett, TD, Ireland 196. Deputy Maureen O’Sullivan, TD, Ireland 197. Senator Lynn Ruane, Ireland 198. Senator Colette Kelleher, Ireland 199. Hon. Pia Elda Locatelli, MP, Italy Chair, Italian All-party Parliamentary Group on Global Health and Women’s Rights 200. Hon. Roberta Agostini, MP, Italy 201. Hon. Maria Amato, MP, Italy 202. Hon. Stella Bianchi, MP, Italy 203. Hon. Titti Di Salvo, MP, Italy 204. Hon. Laura Garavini, MP, Italy 205. Hon. Michela Marzano, MP, Italy 206. Hon. Lia Quartapelle, MP, Italy 207. Hon. Maria Edera Spadoni, MP, Italy 208. Hon. Irene Tinagli, MP, Italy 209. Hon. Sandra Zampa, MP, Italy 210. Hon. Eleonora Bechis, MP, Italy 211. Hon. Gea Schirò, MP, Italy 212. Hon. Ilze Viņķele, MP, Latvia Chair, Latvian All-Party Parliamentary Group on Population and Development 213. Hon. Lolita Čigāne, MP, Latvia, Co-chair, Latvian All-Party Parliamentary Group on Population and Development 214. Hon. Hosams Abu Meri, MP, Latvia 215. Hon. Inese Lībiņa-Egnere, MP, Latvia 216. Hon. Veiko Spolītis, MP, Latvia 217. Hon. Maja Morachanin, MP, of Macedonia 218. Hon. Mirsada Emini Asani, MP, Republic of Macedonia 219. Hon. Henk Overbeek, MP, 220. Hon. , MP, Netherlands 221. Hon. , MP, Netherlands 222. Hon. , MP, Netherlands 223. Hon. , MP, Netherlands 224. Hon. , MP, Netherlands 225. Hon. Linda Voortman, MP, Netherlands 226. Hon. , MP, Netherlands

227. Hon. , MP, , Chair, Norwegian All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights 228. Hon. Stine Renate Håheim, MP, Norway 229. Hon. , MP, Norway 230. Hon. , MP, Norway 231. Hon. Christian Tynning Bjørnø, MP, Norway 232. Hon. Åsmund Aukrust, MP, Norway 233. Hon. Martin Henriksen, MP, Norway 234. Hon. , MP, Norway 235. Hon. , MP, Norway 236. Hon. Kirsti Bergstø, MP, Norway 237. Hon. , MP, Norway 238. Hon. , MP, Norway 239. Hon. , MP, Norway 240. Hon. , MP, Norway 241. Hon. , MP, Norway 242. Hon. Kirsti Toppe, MP, Norway 243. Hon. , MP, Norway 244. Hon. Iselin Nybø, MP, Norway 245. Hon. , MP, Norway 246. Hon. Liv Signe Navasete, MP, Norway 247. Hon. , MP, Norway 248. Hon. , MP, Norway 249. Hon. Tone W. Trøen, MP, Norway 250. Hon. Kristin Ørmen Johnsen, MP, Norway 251. Hon. Heikki Eidsvoll Holmås, MP, Norway 252. Hon. , MP, Norway 253. Hon. Anne Tingelstad Wøien, MP, Norway 254. Hon. , MP, Norway 255. Hon. Maria Antónia Almeida Santos, MP, Portugal, Chair, Portuguese All-Party Parliamentary Group on Population and Development 256. Hon. Alexandre Quintanilha, MP, Portugal 257. Hon. Ângela Guerra, MP, Portugal 258. Hon. Carla M. Sousa, MP, Portugal 259. Hon. Carla Tavares, MP, Portugal 260. Hon. Cristovão Norte, MP, Portugal 261. Hon. Edite Estrela, MP, Portugal 262. Hon. Sandra Cunha, MP, Portugal 263. Hon. Elza Pais, MP, Portugal 264. Hon. Francisca Parreira, MP, Portugal 265. Hon. Heitor de Sousa, MP, Portugal 266. Hon. Helena Roseta, MP, Portugal 267. Hon. Isabel Moreira, MP, Portugal 268. Hon. João Vasconcelos, MP, Portugal 269. Hon. José Manuel Pureza, MP, Portugal 270. Hon. Luísa Salgueiro, MP, Portugal 271. Hon. Margarida Balseiro Lopes MP, Portugal 272. Hon. Mariana Mortágua, MP, Portugal 273. Hon. Moisés Ferreira, MP, Portugal 274. Hon. Pedro Delgado Alves, MP, Portugal

275. Hon. Sandra Cunha, MP, Portugal 276. Hon. Susana Amador, MP, Portugal 277. Hon. Andreia Neto, MP, Portugal 278. Hon. Eurídice Pereira, MP, Portugal 279. Hon. Wanda Guimarães, MP, Portugal 280. Hon. , MP, Portugal 281. Hon. Marco Nicolini, MP, San Marino 282. Hon. José Antonio Rubio Mielgo, MP, Spain, Chair, Spanish All-Party Parliamentary Group on Population, Development and Reproductive Health 283. Hon. Juan Andrés Tovar Mena, MP, Spain 284. Hon. Miren Edurne Gorrotxategui, MP, Spain 285. Hon. Angeles Alvarez, MP, Spain 286. Hon. Angela Rodriguez, MP, Spain 287. Hon. Angela Ballester, MP, Spain 288. Hon. Jon Iñarritu, MP, Spain 289. Senator Bildu, Spain 290. Hon. Iñigo Iturrate, MP, Parliament of the Basque Country, Spain Chair, Basque Intergroup on Population, Development and Reproductive Health 291. Hon. Amaia Arregi, MP, Parliament of the Basque Country, Spain 292. Hon. Jordi Xucla, MP, Spain 293. Hon. Josep Lluís Franco Rabell, MP, Parliament of Catalonia, Spain 294. Hon. Joan Coscubiela Conesa, MP, Parliament of Catalonia, Spain 295. Hon. Albano Dante Fachin Pozzi, MP, Parliament of Catalonia, Spain 296. Hon. Gemma Lienas Massot, MP, Parliament of Catalonia, Spain 297. Hon. Jéssica Albiach Satorres, MP, Parliament of Catalonia, Spain 298. Hon. Joan Giner Miguélez, MP, Parliament of Catalonia, Spain 299. Hon. Hortènsia Grau Juan, MP, Parliament of Catalonia, Spain 300. Hon. Àngels Martínez Castells, MP, Parliament of Catalonia, Spain 301. Hon. Joan Josep Nuet i Pujals, MP, Parliament of Catalonia, Spain 302. Hon. Marta Ribas Frías, MP, Parliament of Catalonia, Spain 303. Hon. Marc Vidal i Pou, MP, Parliament of Catalonia, Spain 304. Hon. Maria Weimer, MP, Sweden 305. Hon. Annika Qarlsson, MP, Sweden 306. Hon. Hans Linde, MP, Sweden 307. Hon. Karin Rågsjö, MP, Sweden 308. Hon. Annika Lillemets, MP, Sweden 309. Hon. Desiree Pethreus, MP Sweden 310. Hon. Maria Andersson Willner, MP, Sweden 311. Hon. Lotta Johnsson Fornarve, MP, Sweden 312. Hon. Nikolaj Villumsen, MP, Sweden 313. Hon. Kerstin Lundgren, MP, Sweden 314. Hon. Liliane Maury Pasquier, Member of the Council of States, Switzerland 315. Hon. Mattea Meyer, Member of the National Council, Switzerland 316. Hon. Martina Munz, Member of the National Council, Switzerland 317. Hon. Balthasar Glättli, Member of the National Council, Switzerland 318. Hon. Lisa Mazzone, Member of the National Council, Switzerland 319. Hon. Rosmarie Quadranti, Member of the National Council, Switzerland 320. Hon. Laurence Fehlmann Rielle, Member of the National Council, Switzerland 321. Hon. Regula Rytz, Member of the National Council, Switzerland 322. Hon. Filiz Kerestecioglu Demir, MP, Turkey

323. Hon. Olena Sotnik, MP, Ukraine 324. The Baroness Tonge, United Kingdom Chair, UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on Population, Development and Reproductive Health 325. The Baroness Hodgson of Abinger, CBE, United Kingdom 326. The Baroness Doreen Massey, United Kingdom 327. The Baroness Uddin, United Kingdom 328. Hon. Virendra Sharma MP, United Kingdom 329. Hon. Caroline Lucas, MP, United Kingdom 330. Hon. Holly Jamie Lynch, MP, United Kingdom 331. Hon. Karl William Turner, MP, United Kingdom

B. LATIN AND CENTRAL AMERICA 332. Hon. Bertha Sanseverino, MP, Uruguay Chair, Inter-American Parliamentary Group on Population and Development (IAPG) 333. Hon. Gabriela Troiano, MP, Argentina 334. Hon. Carolina Gaillard, MP, Argentina 335. Hon. Marco Nuñez, MP, Chile 336. Hon. Loreto Carvajal, MP, Chile 337. Hon. Daniel Farcas, MP, Chile 338. Hon. Felipe Letelier, MP, Chile 339. Hon. Juan Luis Castro, MP, Chile 340. Hon. Ricardo Rincón, MP, Chile 341. Senator Adriana Muñoz, Chile 342. Hon. Gina Godoy, MP, Ecuador 343. Hon. Soledad Vela, MP, Ecuador 344. Hon. Blanca Arguello, MP, Ecuador 345. Hon. Ximena Ponce, MP, Ecuador 346. Hon Fatima Mena, MP, Honduras 347. Senator Carlos Filizzola, Paraguay 348. Senator Esperanza Martinez, Paraguay 349. Hon. Miguel Pizarro, MP, Venezuela

C. AFRICA 350. Hon. Marie-Rose Nguini Effa, MP, Cameroon, Panafrican Parliament, CEMAC Parliament President, African Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development (FPA) Chair, Cameroonese Parliamentary Network on Population and Development 351. Hon. Mously Diakhate, MP, Senegal, FPA Executive Committee Member Chair, Senegalese Parliamentary Network on Population and Development 352. Hon. Larry P. Younquoi, MP, Liberia, FPA Executive Committee Member Chair, Liberian Parliamentary Network on Population and Development 353. Hon. Manavi Isabelle Djigobi Ameganvi, MP, Togo Chair, Togolese Parliamentary Network on Population and Development 354. Hon. Aoua Ibro Na Alla, MP, Niger 355. Hon. Mamedi Sidibe, MP, Mali, Panafrican Parliament 356. Hon. Angelique Ngoma, MP, Gabon 357. Hon. William Kwasi Sabi, MP, Ghana