ADVERTISEMENTPresident Donald Trump’s administration defunded a crucial global maternal health organization this week, and justified the move by accusing the group of supporting abortions and forced sterilization in China. The core mission of UNFPA is to ensure that marginalized women get adequate access to maternal health care so that they can deliver healthy babies in a dignified way. Anadolu Agency via Getty Images The Trump administration announced on Monday that it would defund the United Nations Population Fund. Trump slashing UNFPA’s budget would result in about 48,000 pregnant women in Syria losing access to safe deliveries, the group said in a release. “If you look at any group working in China, that’s the entity everyone has to engage with,” Craven said.

Source: Huffington Post April 07, 2017 16:01 UTC