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Zorro

(15,690 posts)
Fri Mar 15, 2019, 02:13 PM Mar 2019

Christian conservatives in Trump administration build global anti-abortion coalition

Valerie Huber, a top Health and Human Services Department official, was the special guest at a New York City event Tuesday that included representatives of dozens of nations in town for a key women’s rights conference.

The gathering featured a screening of the film “Strings Attached,” which takes aim at the West’s “ideological colonization” of Africa through interviews with women who experienced side effects from contraception or who regretted having abortions, according to two attendees. Huber used her spotlight to emphasize the Trump administration’s commitment to “protecting life” in global health assistance.

Huber’s appearance at the event — sponsored by C-Fam, a think tank with Catholic ties whose mission is “to defend life and family at international institutions,” and Nigeria, which generally supports comprehensive family planning — is part of a bold new effort by the Trump administration to build an international coalition to restrict access to abortion and promote traditional values about the family.

Over the past few months, Huber and other U.S. officials have traveled the world inviting other nations to join the cause. In meetings, according to people privy to the discussions who asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the negotiations, Huber, who previously founded an abstinence-only sex education group, has explained that “health and rights mean different things to different people.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2019/03/15/trump-administration-seeks-build-global-coalition-against-abortion-rights/

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Christian conservatives in Trump administration build global anti-abortion coalition (Original Post) Zorro Mar 2019 OP
the fucking damned war on women, fomented by white, evangelical christians, continues apace. niyad Mar 2019 #1
According to these people, keep having them babies..... ProudMNDemocrat Mar 2019 #2
And this is why . . . matt819 Mar 2019 #3

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,321 posts)
2. According to these people, keep having them babies.....
Fri Mar 15, 2019, 02:34 PM
Mar 2019

IN areas of the world running out of water, arabble land, and other natural resources due to climate change.

matt819

(10,749 posts)
3. And this is why . . .
Fri Mar 15, 2019, 02:49 PM
Mar 2019

when a Democrat is elected in 2020, there needs to be a major clean sweep of all republican appointees - every single one. No holdovers. Not a one. And every Democratic candidate has to be ready with a comprehensive list of Democratic appointees to these positions and directives to undo all the damage caused. Changing policies, redirecting budgets, and on and on and on.

And, unlike Obama, the Democrats need to continue their investigations into trump and every single republican suspected of committing crimes during their tenure. Doesn't matter what kind. Ethics. Misappropriation of funds. Conspiracy of any kind. Personally benefiting from contracts they were responsible for signing. In the same way that Bush created Homeland Security, the next Democratic president needs to create a new agency to undertake these investigations independent of the DoJ.

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