Winona Xu

Winona Xu is a Research Fellow at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where she develops and teaches UCLA’s first undergraduate seminar on international law and reproductive health. Her work focuses on resurfacing reproductive violence as a distinct international crime, alongside recognising reproductive autonomy as a discrete value under international law. Xu’s work has been published in Just Security, Cambridge International Law Journal, and Health and Human Rights Journal.

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The Global Gag Rule as a Human Rights Crisis: Restricting Autonomy and Healthcare Access

The Global Gag Rule as a Human Rights Crisis: Restricting Autonomy and Healthcare Access

In January 2025, the newly inaugurated Trump administration reaffirmed and broadened the so-called Global Gag Rule (GGR), a policy preventing foreign NGOs receiving US funding from providing or even discussing abortion services or ...
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