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A half-century-old U.S. is stripping women of abortion rights they are legally entitled to in their home countries.

A High Holiday message from Senator Jacky Rosen

It’s imperative that advocates not limit their advocacy to the United States but expand it to countries around the world affected by US restrictions.

(Archived document, may contain errors) 62 August 9, 1978 RHODESIA IN TRA MSI TION i INTRODUCTION On March 3, 1978, the Rhodesian government, represented by Prime Minister Ian Smith, reached an agreement with.three nation alist leaders for a transition to constitutional majority rule.

Abortion is a human right. Everyone, no matter where they live, deserves access to abortion care.

Congress members have said none of the $1.2 billion in humanitarian aid that the U.S. has recently sent to Ukraine can be used to help those who need access to safe abortion.

U.S. aid still can’t be used to fund abortion care. The ban causes tens of thousands of preventable deaths each year.

Democrats in the Senate have introduced a bill that would open the door for American taxpayer money to be used for abortions around the world. The bill would repeal an amendment that prohibits U.S. foreign aid from being used to pay for those abortions. 

Neon Nettle - Democrats Introduce Bill to Fund Foreign Abortions with U.S Tax Dollars - Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduces bill to abort children around the world

Leitner Center for International Law and Justice, Fordham Law School in New York