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Organisations such as CitizenGo, Family Watch International, Family Policy Institute and Christian Council International promote opposition to abortion, LGBTI rights, reproductive healthcare and comprehensive sexuality education.

African values under threat: African Commission must defend them

US anti-rights groups are working against inclusivity, non-racism and decolonisation

The US freeze in life-saving HIV and Aids programmes has detrimental effects on affected key populations. Reuters

Trump’s cuts show the need to democratise reproductive health funding

Sources that are unrestricted, aligned with South African law and human rights, and without political interference, must be found as an alternative to the US

US curtailment of information on, and access to, contraception and abortion care is a human rights violation

Trump’s reimposition of the Global Gag Rule denies many vital reproductive healthcare

US curtailment of information on, and access to, contraception and abortion care is a human rights violation and endangers people’s health around the world

Former Trump official Valerie Huber. (Valerie Huber/X)

Former Trump official and sex abstinence advocate strikes secretive health deal in Uganda

Key documents relating to Valerie Huber’s Protego project are being kept away from the public eye

The vice-president of the US, Kamala Harris. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Gaza and the US elections: Harris is a flawed but better alternative to Trump

Ultimately, a vote for Harris is a vote against the extremism and corruption of Trump, but it is not necessarily a vote for a more just or ethical foreign policy

Anit-abortion activists hold signs outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on June 24, 2022.(Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

US ‘anti-rights’ groups boost spending in Africa to over $16 million

Christian rights groups have spent millions over four years in efforts to push anti-abortion and anti-LGBTQIA+ agendas

Pregnant with meaning: Pontsho Pilane’s memoir Power and Faith: How Evangelical Churches Are Quietly Shaping Our Democracy explores the churches and how their beliefs affect everyday lives. Photo: Stephane de Sakutin/AFP

Should we ‘be fruitful and multiply’?

This edited extract from Power and Faith by Ponthso Pilane explores the issues of religion, pregnancy and abortion