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‘If Trump secures re-election, Americans can be assured that his Administration will continue to fight for life on the international stage’
November 4, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – According to Austin Ruse, an international expert on life and family affairs, UN lobbyist, and director of C-Fam, no administration has done more for the pro-life cause on the international stage than the Trump Administration. Most recently, the United States spearheaded the Geneva Declaration with 32 other nations to declare that abortion is not a human right. Now, C-Fam says that the Trump Administration has committed to actually enforcing the Mexico City Policy.
The Mexico City Policy, which prohibits U.S. aid dollars from funding abortion overseas, is generally repealed whenever a Democrat wins the White House and reinstated whenever a Republican retakes it. Reinstating this policy was one of the first things both George W. Bush and Donald Trump did after their inaugurations. But as it turns out, there has been very little teeth to the policy.
“Previous Republican administrations required foreign grant recipients to sign a pledge as a requirement to receive US funding that they would not perform or promote abortion with any funding source,” Ruse told me. “The Trump Administration is taking it a step further requiring organizations to have a policy in place that assures compliance.”
According to Ruse, the Mexico City Policy has been a bauble the GOP could give to pro-lifers. “It is something expected of GOP presidents though it really is the minimum that should be done in international pro-life protection policy,” Ruse explained. “But at least in principle, it is a very important first step in assuring the billions of dollars the U.S. spends in global health assistance isn’t used by nefarious groups for abortion or for lobbying to change countries pro-life laws. Republican presidents previously limited the prohibition to international family planning money which amounted to about $600M annually however due to the integration of healthcare services under the Obama administration with abortion groups also receiving grants for maternal and child health or HIV/AIDS it was necessary for President Trump to extend the funding prohibition to all global health — over $8B.”
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How Trump Admin went above and beyond to fight abortion at international level
November 4, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – According to Austin Ruse, an international expert on life and family affairs, UN lobbyist, and director of C-Fam, no administration has done more for the pro-life cause on the international stage than the Trump Administration. Most recently, the United States spearheaded the Geneva Declaration with 32 other nations to declare that abortion is not a human right. Now, C-Fam says that the Trump Administration has committed to actually enforcing the Mexico City Policy.
The Mexico City Policy, which prohibits U.S. aid dollars from funding abortion overseas, is generally repealed whenever a Democrat wins the White House and reinstated whenever a Republican retakes it. Reinstating this policy was one of the first things both George W. Bush and Donald Trump did after their inaugurations. But as it turns out, there has been very little teeth to the policy.
“Previous Republican administrations required foreign grant recipients to sign a pledge as a requirement to receive US funding that they would not perform or promote abortion with any funding source,” Ruse told me. “The Trump Administration is taking it a step further requiring organizations to have a policy in place that assures compliance.”
According to Ruse, the Mexico City Policy has been a bauble the GOP could give to pro-lifers. “It is something expected of GOP presidents though it really is the minimum that should be done in international pro-life protection policy,” Ruse explained. “But at least in principle, it is a very important first step in assuring the billions of dollars the U.S. spends in global health assistance isn’t used by nefarious groups for abortion or for lobbying to change countries pro-life laws. Republican presidents previously limited the prohibition to international family planning money which amounted to about $600M annually however due to the integration of healthcare services under the Obama administration with abortion groups also receiving grants for maternal and child health or HIV/AIDS it was necessary for President Trump to extend the funding prohibition to all global health — over $8B.”
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How Trump Admin went above and beyond to fight abortion at international level
