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Activists said they spoke to officials not only about their fears of the international impact if Roe were to fall but also proposed changes to U.S. policy that has long restricted funding for abortions abroad.
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As the LGBTQ community celebrates advances in civil rights during Pride Month, Jim Patterson recalls a footnote in LGBTQ history that, for him, was far more than that as the late Sen. Jesse Helms came after Patterson in his position as Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Program Manager at the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1994, a position that was clearly ahead of its time.
Under the Administration of President Donald Trump, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) pursued an agenda based on traditional American values that avoided injecting divisive socio-political issues into its humanitarian, global health, and development responses. In doing so, it maintained traditional bipartisan support for foreign aid.
At the start of each new Congress, Heritage Foundation analysts recommend pro-life policies to Congress and the Administration.
The Ecuadoran National Assembly failed to override a presidential veto of an abortion bill that critics feared would make abortion a human right and require healthcare workers in the country to participate in the practice against their will.