Georgia on My Mind: Senate Support for International Family Planning Grows, Will Counter New Hostile Republican-Controlled House
Craig Lasher
Craig monitors and analyzes foreign assistance legislation and advocates in support of international family planning and reproductive health programs to congressional offices, executive branch agencies, international organizations, and nongovernmental organizations. Promoted to his current position in 2009, he joined PAI in 1981 while completing his master’s degree in international affairs at The American University’s School of International Service. He received his undergraduate degree in government from Hamilton College. Craig serves on the board of directors of the U.S. Global Leadership Campaign, a coalition of over 400 businesses and NGOs promoting higher funding for international affairs programs, and on the political advisory committee of the League of Conservation Voters.
Posts from Craig Lasher
Putting Their Cards on the Table: Senate Democratic Appropriators Show a Large International Family Planning Funding Increase and Policy Changes
Strong Out of the Gate: House Appropriations Democrats Advance Pro-SRHR Foreign Aid Bill
Once Upon a Time: The History of Republican Support for International Family Planning and Contraception
A Modest Proposal: Biden FY 2023 Budget Request Proposes Slight Funding Increase for International Family Planning and Reproductive Health
Default: Omnibus Spending Bill Fails to Advance Progress on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Abroad
Hurry Up and Wait — Passage of Stopgap Spending Bill Delays Final Resolution on Permanent Global Gag Rule Repeal Until Mid-February
Sweet Relief: Senate Democratic Appropriators Release Pro-Reproductive Health Funding Bill
It’s Good to Be the Majority — Pro-Reproductive Health Foreign Aid Bill Emerges from the House Floor Unscathed
Ask and Ye Shall Receive: House Committee Bill Exceeds Requests on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Steps in the Right Direction: First Biden Budget and International Family Planning
Laying Down a Marker — U.S. Fair Share of Financial Investments Necessary to Meet Unmet Need for Contraception Globally