The Chronicle of Philanthropy

President Drops Prohibition on Abortion-Counseling Aid

Family-planning groups are welcoming Barack Obama's repeal last month of a policy that prevented government money from supporting charities that counsel women overseas on the availability of abortion.

Known as the "global gag rule," the policy was first adopted by President Reagan and later reinstated by President...

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