Media caption Could US overseas abortion funding ban lead to more deaths in Africa? Donald Trump`s pro-abortion funding ban has infuriated many global health organisations as they say it will unintentionally lead to more abortions and more deaths in Africa. The policy blocks US funding to overseas organisations that "support or participate in the management of a programme of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilisation". Abortion on demand can only be offered in four out of 54 African countries, according to the UN`s World Abortion Policies report. Known as the "Mexico City Policy", or global gag rule by critics, it was no surprise that he reinstated it.