House Democrats slip abortion language into bill to end partial shutdown washex.am/2F3itb3
The spending bill would repeal a provision instituted by President Trump that requires foreign nongovernmental organizations to certify that they will not “perform or actively promote abortion as a method of family planning.”
The provision, formally known as the Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance policy, was once called the Mexico City Policy, known by critics as the "global gag rule."
The bill also would increase funding by $5 million for the UN Nations Population (Control) Fund, to $37.5M.
The bill also would increase funding by $5 million for the UN Nations Population (Control) Fund, to $37.5M.
Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the anti-abortion Susan B. Anthony List, said in a statement Democrats were "already trying to foist a radical pro-abortion agenda on the nation."
“A strong majority of Americans oppose taxpayer funding of abortion," she said, adding that repealing Trump's policy on nongovernmental organizations would make "taxpayers complicit in the exportation of abortion and destruction of countless unborn children around the world.”
“This is unconscionable and we oppose the bill in the strongest terms.”
