THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS—The Dutch government announced Saturday it’s putting $14.7 million into an international fund it has launched to finance access to birth control, abortion and sex education for women in developing nations after President Donald Trump cut U.S. funding for such services. Lilianne Ploumen, the minister for foreign trade and development co-operation, said she was making the initial contribution and launched the fund — “She Decides - Global Fundraising Initiative” — with a website . Ploumen said she has received thousands of reactions — the vast majority of them positive — since announcing the fund Tuesday. That move came a day after Trump signed an executive memorandum reinstituting a ban on U.S. funding to international groups that perform abortions or even provide information about abortions. Ploumen said an international sexual health and rights organization based in the Netherlands, the Rutgers Foundation, will manage the new fund.

Source: thestar January 28, 2017 19:05 UTC