{"id":21732,"date":"2017-02-09T10:00:35","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T10:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=21732"},"modified":"2017-02-09T10:00:35","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T10:00:35","slug":"eight-countries-sign-counter-trump-global-anti-abortion-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/eight-countries-sign-counter-trump-global-anti-abortion-move.html","title":{"rendered":"Eight countries sign up to counter Trump\u00a0global anti-abortion move"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEight countries sign up to counter Trump global anti-abortion move<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
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\n\tEight countries sign up to counter Trump global anti-abortion move:- Eight countries have joined an initiative to raise millions of dollars to replace shortfalls caused by President Donald Trump's ban on U.S.-funded groups around the world providing information on abortion, Sweden's deputy prime minister said.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIsabella Lovin told Reuters a conference would be held on March 2 in Brussels to kick-start the funding initiative to help non-governmental organizations whose family planning projects could be affected.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Netherlands announced in January the launch of a global fund to help women access abortion services, saying Trump's "global gag rule" would cause a funding shortfall of $600 million over the next four years.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tSweden, Denmark, Belgium, Luxemburg, Finland, Canada and Cape Verde have all lent their support, Lovin said.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"(The gag order) could be so dangerous for so many women," said Lovin who posed for a photograph this month with seven other female officials signing an environmental bill, in what was seen a response to a photograph of Trump signing the gag order in the White House with five male advisors.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe global gag rule, which affects U.S. non-governmental organizations working abroad, is one that incoming presidents have used to signal their positions on abortion rights. It was created under U.S. President Ronald Reagan in 1984.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tTrump signed it at a ceremony in the White House on his fourth day in office. Barack Obama lifted the gag rule in 2009 when he took office.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"If women don't have control over their bodies and their own fate it can have very serious consequences for global goals of gender rights and global poverty eradication," Lovin said.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tSOURCE:- http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-trump-abortion-europe-idUSKBN15O0H7<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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