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President Donald Trump Signs Anti - Abortion Executive Order by Andema(m): 8:43pm On Jan 24, 2017 |
Trump, who has made anti- abortion
policy one of his campaign promises ,
announced the revocation on Monday, in
a statement issued by the White House .
“I hereby revoke the Presidential
Memorandum of January 23 , 2009 , for
the Secretary of State and the
Administrator of the United States
Agency for International Development
( Mexico City Policy and Assistance for
Voluntary Population Planning) , and
reinstate the Presidential Memorandum
of January 22 , 2001 , for the
Administrator of the United States
Agency for International Development
( Restoration of the Mexico City Policy) .
I direct the Secretary of State, in
coordination with the Secretary of Health
and Human Services, to the extent
allowable by law, to implement a plan to
extend the requirements of the
reinstated Memorandum to global health
assistance furnished by all departments
or agencies .
I further direct the Secretary of State to
take all necessary actions , to the extent
permitted by law, to ensure that U. S .
taxpayer dollars do not fund
organisations or programmes that
support or participate in the
management of a program of coercive
abortion or involuntary sterilisation ,” the
statement said .
Trump said “ the memorandum was not
intended to , and does not , create any
right or benefit , substantive or
procedural , enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United
States, its departments, agencies , or
entities, its officers , employees, or
agents, or any other person ” .
“The Secretary of State is authorised and
directed to publish this memorandum in
the Federal Register ,” Trump’s
statement read.
With the revocation , Trump has barred
U. S federal funding for foreign NGOs
that support abortion , relaunching a
battle that has long divided Americans .
The abrogation came just two days after
women led a massive protest march in
Washington to defend their rights,
including to abortion.
The decision to ban foreign aid to
groups that lobby in support of abortion
rights is certain to deepen concern
among already apprehensive U. S. family
planning and women’s rights
organisations , according to observers .
Stenny Hoyer , a Democratic leader in
the House of Representatives, sharply
criticised Trump for using his first week
in office “ to attack women’ s health” .
“It should be no surprise to the millions
of women and men who gathered in
protest this weekend across the country
and around the world that Republicans
are focused more on making it harder
for women to access health care than
on the serious economic and security
challenges we face. ”
The restrictions imposed on Monday
prohibit foreign non - governmental
organisations that receive U . S. family
planning assistance from using non - U. S .
funding to provide abortion services,
information , counseling or referrals and
from engaging in advocacy to promote
abortion.
They were first put in place in 1984 by
Republican president Ronald Reagan .
Later eliminated by Democratic
president Bill Clinton , they were
reinstalled by his Republican successor
George W . Bush , and annulled again
after Barack Obama took office .
Galvanised by Trump ’s November 8 ,
2016 election , abortion opponents in
states where Republicans held power
moved swiftly in December 2016 to
adopt draconian anti- abortion measures
that in some cases pose challenges to
constitutional liberties .
Trump, meanwhile, has pledged to
nominate an anti -abortion justice to the
Supreme Court , which could lead to
overturning Roe v . Wade , the emblematic
ruling that legalised abortion in the U .S .
in 1973 . |
Re: President Donald Trump Signs Anti - Abortion Executive Order by femolacqua(m): 8:47pm On Jan 24, 2017 |
And the revolution has started. |
Re: President Donald Trump Signs Anti - Abortion Executive Order by ardrockltd(m): 8:48pm On Jan 24, 2017 |
Eis okay .....
Continue |
Re: President Donald Trump Signs Anti - Abortion Executive Order by Raddie(m): 9:21pm On Jan 24, 2017 |
"Don't talk the talk if you can't walk the walk" - being saving lifes' since time immoral! If you can't handle the responsibility, don't engage in sex. |
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