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Last week, the Trump administration expanded the Global Gag Rule to affect $8.8 billion in US global health assistance funds and government programs. This week, we will be discussing the expanded Global Gag and the abortion restrictions that the US has been applying to its foreign aid for decades.

What is CEDAW and why is the US one of only seven countries in the world that hasn't ratified it? In this episode, we unpack the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), and discuss how it can be used to advance and protect women's rights in the United States.

Within the span of a week, the US dropped 59 tomahawk missiles on airfields in Syria and the “Mother of All Bombs” in Afghanistan. This week we are going to look at the laws that govern conducting wars vs. the laws that govern getting into wars.