Back to the Dark Ages We Go

Fortunately some other countries are trying to hold the line.

Countries have pledged tens of millions for family planning schemes in developing countries to plug a gap left by Donald Trump’s ban on US funding to groups linked to abortion.

About 50 governments are attending the hastily convened She Decides conference in Brussels on Thursday, with early pledges closing in on $100m (£80m).

Sweden promised $22m and Finland $21m to compensate for the reinstated “global gag rule”, which bans US funding for NGOs that provide abortion or information on the procedure to women in developing countries.

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Alexander De Croo, Belgium’s deputy prime minister, told the Associated Press: “This should not be a moment where we are taking steps back into the dark ages.”

Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands and Norway have pledged $10m each, with further contributions expected to be announced by other wealthy countries.

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In an executive order signed last month, Trump reinstated the global gag rule, a US aid policy Republican presidents since Ronald Reagan in 1984 have imposed but their Democrat counterparts have lifted.

  The Guardian

Dicks.



And good on her, but she should have held it up to show off her signature like he does.