WASHINGTON, D.C.: President Donald Trump on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) signed a decree barring US federal funding for foreign NGOs that support abortion, relaunching a battle that has long divided Americans. “The reinstatement of this policy is not just something that echoes that value, but respects taxpayer funding as well.”The restrictions prohibit foreign non-governmental organizations that receive US family planning assistance from using non-US funding to provide abortion services, information, counselling or referrals. ‘Women will suffer’Trump’s move deepened concern among already apprehensive US family planning and women’s rights organizations. “This will cause clinic closures around the world — resulting in more unintended pregnancy and unsafe abortion, not less,” she added. She vowed her group, the biggest US provider of family planning, will “never stop fighting” for access to reproductive health services.

Source: Manila Times January 24, 2017 16:00 UTC