Psaki Tweeted Support For Evidence-Based Reproductive Health Legislation And Called Out Biased Political Interference Restricting Abortion Access.
[Stephanie Psaki, Twitter, 5/16/2019]
Psaki Coauthored Research Highlighting A Need For Advancing Reproductive Rights Internationally. “A new study, conducted by the Population Council and with Women Deliver, found a strong and consistent lifelong negative association between giving birth before age 18 and a woman’s economic empowerment. The research, previewed today at the Women Deliver 2019 Conference, the world’s largest conference on gender equality and the health, rights, and wellbeing of girls and women, points to the critical need to strengthen sexual and reproductive health and rights and expand economic opportunities for girls and women throughout their lives. ‘The ability to earn and control cash represents more than just earnings—it influences a woman’s ability to make strategic life choices,’ said Stephanie Psaki, PhD, deputy director of the Population Council’s Girl Center. ‘This is one of the first studies to show consistently across so many countries and settings that having a child early can impact future earning potential.’” [Women Deliver, 6/6/2019]
In 2019, Psaki Criticized The Trump-Pence Administration’s Harmful International Anti-Choice Policies. “The [Trump-Pence] administration's ‘Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance’ policy is affecting US global health spending not only on abortion, but on contraception, reproductive health, and everything from child nutrition to tuberculosis treatment as well…‘The reality of what the evidence says is that you cannot achieve those [Trump-Pence administration policy] goals if you don't have access to comprehensive sex education, family planning, safe access to abortion,’ said Stephanie Psaki, director of the Population Council's Girl Innovation Research and Learning (GIRL) Center, an NGO focused on global health and development research.” [CNN, 9/12/2019]