Canada gives $20-million to replace Trump’s contraception cuts

[snookypookums]

[QUOTE][B]An international conference, alarmed that U.S. President Donald Trump's policies could push women "into the Dark Ages," has raised nearly $200-million (U.S.) from Canada and other countries to help replace Mr. Trump's planned cuts to contraception and family planning programs.[/B]

The Canadian government announced that it will contribute $20-million (Canadian) to the hastily organized fund. The money will go to five agencies to pay for contraception supplies, counselling, safe abortion services in countries where abortion is legal and other family planning programs, primarily in Africa and other regions of the developing world.

Within days of taking office in late January, Mr. Trump announced that he would eliminate U.S. financing for any international group that provides information about abortion. The policy, widely known as the "global gag rule," is expected to eliminate $600-million in U.S. funds for contraception and family planning.[/QUOTE]

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-snip, bad reading-
go canada woo

[Propane Addict]

[QUOTE=RenegadeCop;51903504]That's pretty great. I'm thankful people are giving us money in our time of (dire, dire, oh so dire) need.

It is quite heart-warming, especially on such short notice.[/QUOTE]

They aren't giving us money, they're donating the money to developing countries that we're pulling out (get it?) of.

[Daniel Smith]

I'm okay with this