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50 nations seek to counter US ban on family planning funds
Source: Associated Press
50 nations seek to counter US ban on family planning funds
By RAF CASERT
Mar. 1, 2017 12:39 PM EST
BRUSSELS (AP) — Some 50 countries have signed up to attend a family planning conference in Brussels aimed at making up the gap left by President Donald Trump's ban on U.S. funding to groups linked to abortion, organizers said Wednesday.
The participants agreed to attend the conference scheduled for Thursday on short notice and will discuss using pledges from other nations and the private sector to "make sure that the impact on the field is completely taken away," Belgian Vice Premier Alexander De Croo said.
"This should not be a moment where we are taking steps back into the Dark Ages for women and girls," De Croo said.
Trump's decision, one of his first acts as president, withholds about half a billion dollars a year from international groups that perform abortions or provide information about abortions. Officials in many European nations and around the world say the move will hurt women and girls who need family planning most.
"This is 50 countries saying, 'Let's roll up our sleeves and let's stand for the values we think are important,'" De Croo said.
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By RAF CASERT
Mar. 1, 2017 12:39 PM EST
BRUSSELS (AP) — Some 50 countries have signed up to attend a family planning conference in Brussels aimed at making up the gap left by President Donald Trump's ban on U.S. funding to groups linked to abortion, organizers said Wednesday.
The participants agreed to attend the conference scheduled for Thursday on short notice and will discuss using pledges from other nations and the private sector to "make sure that the impact on the field is completely taken away," Belgian Vice Premier Alexander De Croo said.
"This should not be a moment where we are taking steps back into the Dark Ages for women and girls," De Croo said.
Trump's decision, one of his first acts as president, withholds about half a billion dollars a year from international groups that perform abortions or provide information about abortions. Officials in many European nations and around the world say the move will hurt women and girls who need family planning most.
"This is 50 countries saying, 'Let's roll up our sleeves and let's stand for the values we think are important,'" De Croo said.
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Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/8ee38bcfabf446adbf37d323c15de2f6/50-nations-meet-over-trump-ban-family-planning-funds
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