Trump Makes Good On Promise to Ban Foreign Aid to Abortion Clinics WorldWide
Diretube #Merjea presents Amharic news on Trump’s ban on foreign aid to abortion clinics. This Monday, in one of his first acts as President, Donald Trump has put back in place a policy which prohibits American taxpayer money from finding its way into abortion clinics around the world.
This new law is believed to negatively impact international organizations like Mari Stopes which has 6 abortion clinics in Addis Ababa alone and other world renowned organizations like Planned Parenthood, which administers over 300,000 abortions annually, according to the Washington Times.
Sean Spicer, the White House spokesman, has said the prohibition of foreign aid to global health providers that give abortion services shows that Trump stands for all Americans include those that are not born yet. President Trump and his Vice President Mike Pence have been voicing their anti-abortion stance throughout the Presidential campaign and many are pleased with the decision.
The National Right to Life Committee, the largest organization against abortion, in the United States has released a statement applauding the ban. Countless others view the decision as a major disregard for women's reproductive health rights. A prominent figure in the reproductive rights movement has summarized Trump's ban on abortion as one that defunds "every program that falls under global health assistance", in a New York Times article.
Planned Parenthood president, Cecile Richards, who had earlier this month said her organization is bracing for the worst is dismayed. Cecile Richards who head the over 100-year-old pro-abortion organization that does about 330,000 abortions a year expects clinics to close down and an increase in unintended pregnancies as well as unhealthy abortions. To many in her position, this policy will have reverberations worldwide and undermines years of hard work.
