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President Trump privately signed a bill on Thursday that allows states to withhold Federal money from organizations that provide abortion services, including Planned Parenthood, a group frequently targeted by Republicans.
The bill which the usually camera-friendly President signed without any media present, reverses an Obama-era regulation that prohibited states from withholding money from facilities that perform abortions, arguing that many of these facilities also provide other family planning and medical services.
The bulk of the money that Planned Parenthood receives goes towards preventative healthcare, birth control, pregnancy tests and other women's health care services. Federal law prohibits taxpayer dollars from funding abortions. Planned Parenthood claims that 3% of the total services that it provides to women are abortions. These abortions are funded via private donations from wealthy donars and average people.
As per the landmark Supreme Court ruling, Roe vs Wade, abortions have been legal in the USA for over 40 years.
One in five women in America have been to Planned Parenthood. Over 55 million women in America took advantage of Planned Parenthood's services last year especially among low income citizens.
Currently in the USA, largely due to the work of Planned Parenthood, unintended pregnancies are at a 30 year low. Teen pregnancies are at a historic low.
Planned Parenthood was originally conceived by Republicans.
House Speaker, Paul Ryan, called the signing a major "Pro-Life" victory.
"Women's worst fears are now coming true. We are facing the worst political attack on women's health in a generation as Republican lawmakers have spent the last three months trading away women's health and rights at every turn", Dawn Laugens, executive VP of Planned Parenthood said in a statement.
On this issue, Canada and most of the Western world are way ahead of the USA on women's rights. Amazingly 52% of white working women voted for Donald Trump although he lost the popular vote by 3.5 M people.
Ivanka Trump, a key White House advisor on women's issues, is on a seven day ski holiday in Canada with her husband and key Trump advisor, Jared Kushner, celebrating the Jewish Passover when her father signed this bill. For this President, this is the second time that two of his top advisors have not been present during the first 100 days of his presidency. This is considered very unusual as historically most White House staffers work long days and weekends during the highly watched first 100 days.
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