NewsAbortionWASHINGTON, D.C., February 1, 2018 (C-Fam) — Some of President Donald J. Trump’s harshest critics admit that his reinstatement and expansion of the pro-life Mexico City Policy has been highly effective in advancing the United States’ moral influence to curb the international abortion lobby. The policy has been implemented by Republican presidents since Ronald Reagan, blocking U.S. funding for foreign organizations that provide or advocate for abortions. Despite the deeply entrenched political divide around abortion, the policy’s critics hope to sway pro-life stakeholders by arguing that the policy causes harm through its unintended consequences. Because the Mexico City Policy involves U.S. aid work in foreign countries, the politics of abortion on the ground vary between locations, depending on local law, culture, and other donor organizations and countries. The panelists also said that the effects of the Mexico City Policy lasted even when the policy itself was not in place because potentially affected organizations knew “the next administration might be Republican.”“It’s not irrational, the behavior that the Mexico City Policy has caused,” concluded Gillespie, “and I would say, yeah, unfortunately, it does work.”​Reprinted with permission from the Center for Family and Human Rights.

Source: Ethiopian News February 01, 2018 23:37 UTC