Us Says Abortion Gag Rule Cost Only 4 Organizations Funding

By MATTHEW LEE, AP Diplomatic Writer, San Antonio Express-News: World
Wed, 02/07/2018 - 4:34pm

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Wednesday that only four international organizations and a dozen of their local partners have refused to accept new rules for spending U.S. assistance that ban health care funds from being used to promote or perform abortions overseas. The International Planned Parenthood Federation is among those that declined. The administration said that out of 733 organizations whose funding came up for renewal under the new restrictions, 729 had agreed to the rules and had their grants approved as of the end of the last budget year in September.

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