<sod >Â  The State Department is ready to announce a programme, called âProtecting Life in Global Health Assistance,â which will reportedly get $8.8bn (Â£6.8bn) to fund anti-abortion efforts around the worldÂ from the US State Department, the US Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Defence DepartmentÂ according to CBN News.< eod>< sod > Â  The State Department is ready to announce a programme, called âProtecting Life in Global Health Assistance,â which will reportedly get $8.8bn (Â£6.8bn) to fund non governmental organisations around the world that comply with the "global gag" rule, which states that no organisation receiving US money can promote or discuss abortion services, even if they are using foreign funds to do so.< eod>