BRUSSELS — Donor countries on Thursday pledge 181 million euros ($190 million) for charities providing access to safe abortion in response to President Donald Trump’s bar on US funding, organizers say.
The donations come at a “She Decides” conference in Brussels which is attended by 50 countries including Sweden, the Netherlands, Denmark and Belgium.
“I think that the Trump administration decision is a wrong decision, and I’ve never seen any evidence that supports that decision,” Belgian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander De Croo says as he opens the conference.
“You see almost 50 countries here saying we think that this is important and we want to continue working on this.”
In one of his first acts as president, Trump reintroduced the global gag rule, enacted by Ronald Reagan in 1984, which prohibits foreign charities from using US federal funding to provide abortion services, information, counseling or referrals.
— AFP
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