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  • U.S. expands ban on overseas abortion funding
    by Diana Chandler, posted Wednesday, March 27, 2019 (5 years ago)

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    WASHINGTON (BP) -- The U.S. will strengthen and expand a policy withholding federal funds from overseas groups that offer or promote abortions, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said yesterday (March 26).

    Called the Mexico City Policy, it was crafted during the Reagan administration and renewed under President Donald Trump requiring nongovernmental overseas aid and health organizations to abandon abortion procedures and counseling in order to receive U.S. funds designated for family planning. Read More