President Donald Trump Withdraws America From Pro-Abortion World Health Organization
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order withdrawing from the pro-abortion World Health Organization, in a move that cuts off significant taxpayer funding of the controversial group.
Details of the executive order, which was among a slew of executive actions Trump signed Monday evening in the Oval Office, were not immediately available.
“That’s a big one,” Trump said before signing the document.
As LifeNews previously reported, a branch of the WHO spends approximately 11% of its budget promoting abortion:
The Human Reproduction Programme (HRP), run by the WHO, directed 11% of its funds for 2022-23 on projects related to abortion.
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Activities that this funding is spent on include developing an ‘evidence base’ that has been used to lobby governments around the world to introduce ‘DIY’ at-home abortions. The report also details their work to ‘scale up’ the availability of Mifepristone and Misoprostol, the two ‘commodities’ used in medical abortions.
Only 5% of the budget is directed to programmes tackling violence against women and girls. And only 15% of the budget funds maternal and perinatal health. The high proportion of money set aside for abortion provision indicates where the WHO’s priorities lie.
Right To Life UK spokesperson Catherine Robinson said “It is shocking to see the priorities of the World Health Organization. When millions more dollars are spent on abortion than preventing violence against women and girls, it is clear that something has gone terribly wrong”.
Raimundo Rojas, the Outreach Director for the National Right to Life Committee, has also condemned the WHO and its radical pro-abortion activities, though he hoped Trump would keep the US in the WHO and reform it from within.
“In recent years, the World Health Organization (WHO) has become a contentious arena where life issues are debated on a global stage. The organization’s policies and partnerships increasingly reflect the interests of entities that profit from abortion, often to the detriment of vulnerable populations,” he said. “Now, more than ever, a pro-life American presence is essential to counter the overwhelming support the WHO provides to organizations promoting abortion.”
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