It is unconscionable to tie up $8.8 billion in global health assistance by inserting abortion politics into activities such as lifesaving nutrition programs and efforts to prevent and treat malaria, TB, and HIV.
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This destructive policy endangers our most successful global health programs. While we are just beginning to learn the impact of the expanded policy, the alarm bells are already ringing.
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We cannot, under any circumstance, allow this policy to be codified into law, as it will hit the most vulnerable the hardest, including those who are unable to access services due to stigma, poverty, violence, or HIV status.
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The House majority rejected my amendment to strike the expanded Global Gag Rule as well as the ban on funding for the United Nations Population Fund. Democrats will keep fighting to best serve men, women, and children in need!
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