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The Trump team is quietly eliminating U.S. support for birth control abroad
Prossy Muyingo spent a dozen years as a health worker in central Uganda. She's been at the forefront of providing information and services for reproductive, maternal and child health. U.S. aid cuts eliminated her salary. Edward Echwalu for NPR hide caption toggle caption Edward Echwalu for NPR "I'm on your veranda." That's the text Prossy Muyingo would get each night for years, sent by a 28-year-old standing outside her home in central Uganda. Immediately, Muyingo would pour a glass of water and, from the sideboard in her living room, fetch a birth control pill and bring it...
