Statement by our Director-General, Dr Alvaro Bermejo, on the Trump re-election

We woke up to the disturbing news yesterday that Donald Trump is heading back to the White House. As ever, this has come as a huge shock, so firstly, let me express my condolences to all in the United States – and in countries where the U.S. contributes aid - whose reproductive destiny will be forever altered. This is not the news we wanted, nor the result that our Member Association in the United States, PPFA, worked so hard to achieve.
 
We anticipate Donald Trump will sign an executive order almost immediately after inauguration January 20, 2025, to reimpose an expanded Global Gag Rule. As in the past, IPPF will refuse the conditions of the Global Gag Rule. We stand in solidarity with all our Member Associations impacted.
 
Our world has changed, and so we must also acknowledge our MA’s who have been impacted by the horrific attacks on Gaza, on Lebanon, Syria and elsewhere. Over the past year, our teams in Palestine and Lebanon have had their health sites destroyed, and their staff displaced. We will continue to demand sexual and reproductive rights for ALL, no matter where. We will continue to make the links to sexual and reproductive violence where we see it and call out governments who enable it. Our feminist humanitarian response, our new strategy and our commitment to international human rights law makes this a moral imperative.
 
In all this tragedy, comes a glimmer of hope. An opportunity for our movements to reconfigure, to reclaim our space, and bring progressive struggles together. 
 
We will resist. This is an invitation to Come Together, to work in solidarity, and to commit to building a liberated future. 
 
On we must fight. We must organise, it must begin, and it begins now.