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What just happened? On Thursday, President Biden issued a “Memorandum on Protecting Women’s Health at Home and Abroad.” The order overturns the “Mexico City Policy” and allows federal funds to be used to pay for abortions. What is the Mexico City Policy? The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 prohibits nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that receive federal funds from using those funds “to pay for the performance of abortions as a method of family planning, or to motivate or coerce any person to practice abortions.” In August 1984, President Ronald Reagan expanded this policy. At ...

‘You can’t just remove the damage of the last four years’ For more than four years, countries that rely on American foreign aid have been reeling from the profound impact that Donald Trump’s reinstatement of the Mexico City policy has had on women. The policy, known as the “global gag rule” among opponents, prevents non-government organizations that provide abortions, give counseling about abortions, or advocate for safe access to abortion from receiving US funding. But while the policy is meant to stop abortions, research shows that it has the opposite effect — and with deadly ...

Rights groups hail Biden's reversal of Trump's abortion access restrictions, but say plan must go further CNN 1/30/2021 By Kara Fox and Nicole Gaouette, CNN © The Washington Post/The Washington Post/The Washington Post via Getty Im BESAKOA, MADAGASCAR - APRIL 9: Claudia Rasolomamy, a community health worker in Besakoa, enters the consultation room to talk to Dr. Jean Rangomana between patient appointments during the Marie Stopes International mobile clinic in Besakoa, Madagascar on April 9, 2018. He estimated that he would see at least 50 women seeking family planning dur...

PHOTO: ERLC At the sixth-annual Evangelicals for Life conference Thursday, former NFL player Benjamin Watson warned that the pro-life movement must be a "Gospel-minded catalyst" or run the risk of losing the “next generation.” The 40-year-old father of seven was one of several speakers at the virtual conference organized by the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. In previous years, the event has been held in the Washington, D.C. area to line up with the annual March for Life demonstration. This year, the march to take place Friday will be scaled down...

Your browser does not support the audio element. CALGARY, Canada When the Trump administration reinstated the “global gag rule” in 2017, the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) lost some $100 million in funding in the following years, impacting a spectrum of healthcare projects in 32 countries and going well beyond the intended goal of preventing abortions. A health clinic in Haiti’s southern coastal town of Jacmel was one of the first casualties. Faced with a $300,000 funding cut, Profamil – a nonprofit that provides birth control, HIV testing, and cancer screenings �...