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Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Scrapped

Guardian UK: Trump withdraws from Trans-Pacific Partnership amid flurry of orders - President begins effort to dismantle Obama legacy by scrapping trade deal, and reinstates ban on providing federal funding to aid groups that perform abortions
Nancy Pelosi...said: “Now, foreign non-governmental organisations will be forced to give women incomplete medical information, advice and care in order to participate in US-supported programs abroad. When last in place, the global gag rule had the effect of decreasing access to family planning services around the world. Study after study shows that when women have increased access to family planning services and supplies, such as contraceptives, the incidence of abortion decreases.

2 comments:

Glynn Kalara said...

We never joined in the first place.

Jim Sande said...

He's making his followers happy.