The Briefing Room
General Category => Health/Education => Life News => Topic started by: TomSea on March 03, 2017, 12:30:50 am
-
UK, Australia Won’t Fund Free Abortions After Donald Trump Defunds International Planned Parenthood
International Micaiah Bilger Mar 2, 2017 | 5:50PM Washington, DC
The United Kingdom and Australia did not give money to a new global abortion fund this week, despite intense pressure from abortion activists world-wide.
The new “She Decides” abortion fund comes in reaction to U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order prohibiting American taxpayer funding to groups that promote or perform abortions overseas.
USA Today reports representatives from more than 45 countries attended a meeting about the new abortion fund on Thursday in Brussels, Belgium. About a dozen countries and several private donors pledged money, totaling 181 million euros (about $190 million), according to the report.
Continued: http://www.lifenews.com/2017/03/02/uk-australia-wont-fund-free-abortions-after-donald-trump-defunds-international-planned-parenthood/