With Donald Trump’s imposition of an odious Global Gag Rule, the needs and rights of women in the poorest places on earth are at great risk. Population challenges will worsen as family planning services and supplies cease to exist in critical areas. With the earth’s population continuing to soar by an additional one billion people every dozen years, the impacts on people and the planet are enormous.

John Seager is the President of Population Connection. Population Connection (formerly Zero Population Growth) is the national grassroots organization that educates young people and advocates progressive action to stabilize world population at a level that can be sustained by Earth’s resources.