Republicans join Democratic call for clarity on Trump abortion order

[still_one]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two of President Donald Trump's fellow Republicans joined four Democrats on Monday in demanding that the White House provide more information about an executive order that has sown confusion among international organizations involved in family planning, AIDS treatment and other healthcare issues.

In one of his first actions as president, Trump signed an executive order on Jan. 23 reinstating the so-called Mexico City policy, known by critics as the "global gag" rule, which withholds U.S. funding for international organizations that perform abortions or provide information about abortion.

Although other Republican presidents have also adopted the policy, Trump broadened the scope to all global health assistance, "which may encompass as much as fifteen times more federal funding than previous Republican administrations' versions of this policy," the six senators wrote in the letter, which was seen by Reuters.

The order withholds half a billion dollars or more in U.S. funds, and aid groups said it was issued with so little guidance that they have been scrambling to figure out how to proceed.

http://www.yahoo.com/news/republicans-join-democratic-call-clarity-trump-abortion-order-174025306.html

[Cha]

1. Thank you, still_one..

The link doesn't work, tho.

[still_one]

2. fixed it. Required that I preface it with http:// thanks

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3. This is disgusting. People are, no doubt, dying. As this pig golfs.

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4. Left to guess, they'll implement the most stringent interpretation

Nobody wants to pay back an appropriation or get cut off entirely because they weren't sufficiently harsh in their reading of the policy, so they're going to go for the most repressive, least humane practice. Sure, a lot of women will die, but it's the price the United States is willing to pay so that taxpayer funds don't go to killing babies by anyone except the military.

Wouldn't it be nice if all taxpayers could dictate spending like the anti-woman crowd does?