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Judi Lynn

(160,631 posts) Fri Jan 20, 2017, 12:55 AM Jan 2017

Trump poised to reinstate 'global gag rule' on Roe v. Wade anniversary: report

Source: The Hill

Trump poised to reinstate 'global gag rule' on Roe v. Wade anniversary: report
BY NIKITA VLADIMIROV - 01/19/17 07:23 PM EST

President-elect Donald Trump plans to reinstate the “Mexico City policy” that bans federal funds for nongovernmental organizations that offer abortions or even provide information about abortion, a congressional staffer told Foreign Policy on Thursday.

The policy, also know as the “global gag rule,” could be reinstated as early as Sunday, the report noted. If so, it would coincide with the anniversary of Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling that made abortion legal, which was decided on January 22, 1973.

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, (D-N.H.) told the publication that she is prepared to fight the newly sworn-in president through legislative procedures, should he choose to implement the executive order.

“It will be one of their first actions, which is very short-sighted,” she told Foreign Policy.

Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/315191-foreign-policy-report-trump-poised-to-reinstate-global-gag-rule-on-abortion

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Trump poised to reinstate 'global gag rule' on Roe v. Wade anniversary: report (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jan 2017 OP

I doubt that Trump even has an opinion madaboutharry Jan 2017 #1

But all his Thugs Cryptoad Jan 2017 #2

That's right. madaboutharry Jan 2017 #3

Its really kinda sad in way.......... Cryptoad Jan 2017 #6

Why not? Cracklin Charlie Jan 2017 #5

I would like to pinch a loaf on him! Cryptoad Jan 2017 #7

The 'ol cleveland steamer for trumpy? dionysus Jan 2017 #25

what else could they possible have on him mdbl Jan 2017 #31

That's what I was thinking. But I feel abortion has always just been a GOP hanging carrot C Moon Jan 2017 #8

They wouldn't get elected without it. Maraya1969 Jan 2017 #11

Oh, I imagine he does. I imagine he's paid for a few over the years. Vinca Jan 2017 #12

He's probably ok with abortion NewJeffCT Jan 2017 #15

It's a favor to his RW buddies like Franklin Graham Ilsa Jan 2017 #22

He's probably going to try and cut ALL foreign aid anyway. n/t Stonepounder Jan 2017 #4

How many abortions has he paid for over the years? nt geek tragedy Jan 2017 #9

This. jeffreyi Jan 2017 #10

No telling and he certainly won't. SammyWinstonJack Jan 2017 #13

Probably fewer than he's promised to pay for (nt) muriel_volestrangler Jan 2017 #14

I'm pretty sure this is one area where he paid up, otherwise they could disregard the NDAs they geek tragedy Jan 2017 #20

and this is just the start? Ligyron Jan 2017 #16

that would be my take, but Trump tells me I am an idiot Angry Dragon Jan 2017 #19

With him, hate leads everything! lark Jan 2017 #17

Trump hates women unless he can grab them, marry them, or if they are hookers Angry Dragon Jan 2017 #18

Or all of the above.... Docreed2003 Jan 2017 #26

I am just thinking bucolic_frolic Jan 2017 #21

Yes, all of these varied interests banded together Ilsa Jan 2017 #23

i can't imagine this getting very far. barbtries Jan 2017 #24

It's an executive order, and it affects organizations in other countries muriel_volestrangler Jan 2017 #27

somehow i don't think peace is his objective. barbtries Jan 2017 #28

This is status quo forthemiddle Jan 2017 #29

Secrecy and Gag Rules bucolic_frolic Jan 2017 #30

Trump can just refund me the tax money he would have paid planned parenthood mdbl Jan 2017 #32

Just why is it that THIS is BlueMTexpat Jan 2017 #33

madaboutharry

(40,224 posts)

1. I doubt that Trump even has an opinion

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Fri Jan 20, 2017, 12:58 AM

Jan 2017

or even cares about abortion.

Cryptoad

(8,254 posts)

2. But all his Thugs

Reply to madaboutharry (Reply #1)

Fri Jan 20, 2017, 01:03 AM

Jan 2017

around him do,,, and they will play him like a well greased fiddle.....

madaboutharry

(40,224 posts)

3. That's right.

Reply to Cryptoad (Reply #2)

Fri Jan 20, 2017, 01:05 AM

Jan 2017

Trump thinks he is strong but he's really everyone's puppet.

Cryptoad

(8,254 posts)

6. Its really kinda sad in way..........

Reply to madaboutharry (Reply #3)

Fri Jan 20, 2017, 01:10 AM

Jan 2017

NAH

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)

5. Why not?

Reply to Cryptoad (Reply #2)

Fri Jan 20, 2017, 01:06 AM

Jan 2017

They've all got the shit on him.

Can you spell blackmail?

Dance, monkey!

Cryptoad

(8,254 posts)

7. I would like to pinch a loaf on him!

Reply to Cracklin Charlie (Reply #5)

Fri Jan 20, 2017, 01:10 AM

Jan 2017

dionysus

(26,467 posts)

25. The 'ol cleveland steamer for trumpy?

Reply to Cryptoad (Reply #7)

Sat Jan 21, 2017, 04:08 AM

Jan 2017

mdbl

(4,976 posts)

31. what else could they possible have on him

Reply to Cracklin Charlie (Reply #5)

Sat Jan 21, 2017, 09:08 PM

Jan 2017

that the dumbass american voter that voted for him doesn't already know?

C Moon

(12,221 posts)

8. That's what I was thinking. But I feel abortion has always just been a GOP hanging carrot

Reply to madaboutharry (Reply #1)

Fri Jan 20, 2017, 01:13 AM

Jan 2017

to get gullible people to follow them.

Maraya1969

(22,506 posts)

11. They wouldn't get elected without it.

Reply to C Moon (Reply #8)

Fri Jan 20, 2017, 07:03 AM

Jan 2017

Vinca

(50,311 posts)

12. Oh, I imagine he does. I imagine he's paid for a few over the years.

Reply to madaboutharry (Reply #1)

Fri Jan 20, 2017, 09:04 AM

Jan 2017

He's just playing a role as a "pro-lifer." It's all BS.

NewJeffCT

(56,829 posts)

15. He's probably ok with abortion

Reply to madaboutharry (Reply #1)

Fri Jan 20, 2017, 09:47 AM

Jan 2017

as long as you can pay for it yourself - weren't there rumors of him having paid for the abortion of a mistress of his or something along those lines?

Ilsa

(61,698 posts)

22. It's a favor to his RW buddies like Franklin Graham

Reply to madaboutharry (Reply #1)

Fri Jan 20, 2017, 08:49 PM

Jan 2017

Trump doesn't give a shit.

Stonepounder

(4,033 posts)

4. He's probably going to try and cut ALL foreign aid anyway. n/t

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Fri Jan 20, 2017, 01:06 AM

Jan 2017

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)

9. How many abortions has he paid for over the years? nt

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Fri Jan 20, 2017, 01:32 AM

Jan 2017

jeffreyi

(1,945 posts)

10. This.

Reply to geek tragedy (Reply #9)

Fri Jan 20, 2017, 01:48 AM

Jan 2017

SammyWinstonJack

(44,130 posts)

13. No telling and he certainly won't.

Reply to geek tragedy (Reply #9)

Fri Jan 20, 2017, 09:28 AM

Jan 2017

muriel_volestrangler

(101,380 posts)

14. Probably fewer than he's promised to pay for (nt)

Reply to geek tragedy (Reply #9)

Fri Jan 20, 2017, 09:28 AM

Jan 2017

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)

20. I'm pretty sure this is one area where he paid up, otherwise they could disregard the NDAs they

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #14)

Fri Jan 20, 2017, 03:56 PM

Jan 2017

signed with him

Ligyron

(7,639 posts)

16. and this is just the start?

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Fri Jan 20, 2017, 09:53 AM

Jan 2017

Last edited Fri Jan 20, 2017, 03:29 PM - Edit history (1)

His supporters have no idea what's coming.

Watching morning blow now with their blatant attempt on normalizing this puppet.

on edit: so this cuts off funds to Planned Parenthood, right?

Angry Dragon

(36,693 posts)

19. that would be my take, but Trump tells me I am an idiot

Reply to Ligyron (Reply #16)

Fri Jan 20, 2017, 03:32 PM

Jan 2017

lark

(23,159 posts)

17. With him, hate leads everything!

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Fri Jan 20, 2017, 01:04 PM

Jan 2017

Such a vile speck of assholishness.

Angry Dragon

(36,693 posts)

18. Trump hates women unless he can grab them, marry them, or if they are hookers

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Fri Jan 20, 2017, 03:31 PM

Jan 2017

Docreed2003

(16,878 posts)

26. Or all of the above....

Reply to Angry Dragon (Reply #18)

Sat Jan 21, 2017, 04:21 AM

Jan 2017

Pretty good Intel that prior to being "Mrs Trump", Melania was an escort!

bucolic_frolic

(43,321 posts)

21. I am just thinking

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Fri Jan 20, 2017, 04:00 PM

Jan 2017

that the collusion on the far right to get this front man/stooge elected
has involved far more people, groups, and time than any of us imagined

Name some group on the right, on the "winning" side that didn't get
something out of this boobie trapped election

Koch Bros? Nuclear energy? Russia? Fundamentalists? Right to Lifers?
Birthers? Logging? Mining? Drilling? Military Industrial Complex? Reince?
Wasn't it strange how Ryan/McConnell wouldn't talk to him? All for public
show, they were in on it, the strategy was shared behind closed doors.

What I'm saying is, they knew they couldn't win an honest election.
So they took 30 years to thumb the scale, found their dream pop culture
candidate, installed him, and now have it all. Trump doesn't care. He's
either on top of it, in on it, or is being pushed by everybody who has
something on his imprudent business/background/lifestyle/debt and they're
calling in their chips or holding it over his head.

Ilsa

(61,698 posts)

23. Yes, all of these varied interests banded together

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #21)

Fri Jan 20, 2017, 09:52 PM

Jan 2017

Because they are too weak to win on their individual priority platforms. You nailed it. They even rationalize trumps vulgarity. But they wouldn't let their daughters near him, and they don't want to socialize with him.

barbtries

(28,811 posts)

24. i can't imagine this getting very far.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Fri Jan 20, 2017, 11:29 PM

Jan 2017

in NC alone, i heard on the news the other day that 15 out of 1,000 women had abortions (can't recall the year, but it was recent). There is clearly a huge demand for it.

maybe the march tomorrow will make a difference. eventually the people will take the day. it hurts to think of all the damage he will inflict in his time.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,380 posts)

27. It's an executive order, and it affects organizations in other countries

Reply to barbtries (Reply #24)

Sat Jan 21, 2017, 04:56 AM

Jan 2017

Whether people in the USA like it or not is more or less irrelevant, until the 2020 election, anyway, and frankly a measure that has its affects overseas is not going to come up in a US presidential election (hell, climate change barely came up, and that matters inside the USA).

What it does it stop NGOs doing anything with, or talking about, abortion in any overseas program, if any part of that group gets federal money for anything.

In a memo last month that dismayed aid officials and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), the Trump transition team asked both the State Department and USAID to detail jobs and costs for programs that promote gender equality, the New York Times reported. And another survey circulating at the State Department and Pentagon seemed to question the rationale for U.S. assistance for global health relative to security.
...
A more than 50-year-old law already prohibits NGOs that receive U.S. funding from using it to perform abortions or encourage anyone to practice abortions. But in 1984, Republican President Ronald Reagan expanded the limitation and established the “Mexico City policy,” instructing USAID to bar funds from any NGO that used even nongovernment sources to provide a range of services, from information regarding abortion to lobbying foreign governments to make it available.

Democratic President Bill Clinton rescinded the rule. Republican George W. Bush brought it back and extended it to the State Department. His successor, Obama, a Democrat, axed it on his second day in office in 2009.
...
She warned of the potentially adverse consequences to U.S. foreign policy of both restoring the gag rule and also cutting funding for programs dedicated to health and gender equality. Hurlburt pointed to a growing body of research that has found gender inequality fosters extremism and that the more women are given a voice, the better chances of avoiding conflict.

http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/01/19/will-trump-target-womens-programs-worldwide/

So the 'global gag rule' is expected as a standard Republican anti-abortion move. If Trump also cuts the health or equality programs, he'll be removing things that even Dubya saw some good in because they makes places more peaceful.

barbtries

(28,811 posts)

28. somehow i don't think peace is his objective.

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #27)

Sat Jan 21, 2017, 08:14 AM

Jan 2017

such is his madness

forthemiddle

(1,382 posts)

29. This is status quo

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sat Jan 21, 2017, 09:16 AM

Jan 2017

Every time a Republican enters office they reinstate this rule, and every time a Democrat enters office they terminate it.
This is one of the least surprising things he will do, and is one of the benefits of winning elections.