By Crippy, Section News
Posted on Sat Jan 24, 2009 at 03:24:10 PM EST
Tags: abortion, Mexico City Policy, Gag Order (all tags)
he lifts the ban on U.S. Taxpayer funding of abortions in other countries.
From AlertNet dot org:
President Barack Obama on Friday lifted restrictions on U.S. government funding for groups that provide abortion services or counseling abroad, reversing a policy of his Republican predecessor George W. Bush.
The Democratic president's decision was a victory for advocates of abortion rights on an issue that in recent years has become a tit-for-tat policy change each time the White House shifts from one party to the other.
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