Justin Trudeau Pledged $650 Million To Counter Trump's Anti-Abortion Rule

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday pledged $650 million over the next three years for women’s reproductive health services and sexual education around the world. “Like men, women should be able to choose when they want to start a family, how big their family should be, and who they want to start that family with,” Trudeau said at an event in Ottawa in honor of International Women’s Day, according to Vice News.  “When women have equal power and equal weight and equal leadership influence, the kinds of decisions are better,” Trudeau said. Trudeau’s pledge, which is aimed at addressing gender-based violence, female genital mutilation and forced marriage, as well as providing women with safe and legal abortions and post-abortion care, came after President Donald Trump announced in January that he would reinstate what’s know as the “global gag rule.” The rule is a U.S. government policy that bans organizations around the world that receive federal aid from providing information about abortions or offering abortion services. Democratic and Republican presidents have historically used the rule as a political football, reinstating or rescinding it depending on which party is in the White House. The policy could have serious consequences for women’s health. According to Marie Stopes International, an organization that provides global abortions services, the funding cut to their activ...
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