The Independent releases a new documentary, ‘Mission Aborted: Trump’s War on Maternal Care’, an urgent and powerful film exploring the impact of the Trump administration’s cuts to maternal healthcare and family planning funding in some of the world’s poorest countries
Presented by The Independent’s chief international correspondent, Bel Trew, ‘Mission Aborted’ speaks to those on the ground in Uganda and Zimbabwe and reveals the sudden and devastating impact of the cuts. These cuts saw some clinics forced to cease all support overnight, unable to even alert patients that they would not be able to provide care as planned. An estimated one million women and girls worldwide are now denied contraceptive care due to these cuts and concerns are growing about a surge in teenage pregnancies.
‘Mission Aborted’ visits several sites run by MSI Reproductive Choices, a charity operating clinics and supporting families in Uganda and Zimbabwe, and hears from the women who’ve benefited from its care, as well as the practitioners responsible for administering it.
To read more about the raise of significant concerns about the impact of these cuts, click here.
“This film demonstrates the immediate and disastrous impact that these cuts are having on vulnerable women and girls globally”, says Bel Trew, chief international correspondent, The Independent. “A million of the world’s most vulnerable people have now had their access to vital care withdrawn in the blink of an eye. It’s clear that these cuts are already having a catastrophic impact, and that women and girls will die as a result.”
‘Mission Aborted’ joins The Independent’s growing roster of high-impact documentaries, marking the latest production from The Independent’s talent-led content hub, Independent Studio, which launched in April. It follows ‘Death Sentence’, released in May, which examined the impact of the Trump administration’s cuts to AIDS funding.
