Amy Klobuchar: 'I will reverse Trump abortion policies in the first 100 days'

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Amy Klobuchar: 'I will reverse Trump abortion policies in the first 100 days'

The Democratic presidential candidate, who is rising in the Iowa polls, puts reproductive rights at heart of campaign

Ed Pilkington in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
@edpilkington
Sat 14 Dec 2019 09.00 GMT

Amy Klobuchar, one of few viable women remaining in the Democratic presidential race, has vowed to reverse Donald Trump’s key anti-abortion measures in her first 100 days in office were she to prevail in next year’s epic battle for the White House.

Klobuchar, the senator from Minnesota who is creeping up in the polls in the vital first-to-vote state of Iowa, laid out aggressive steps she would take to shore up reproductive rights were she to win the Democratic nomination and defeat Trump.

In an interview with the Guardian she said she would immediately reverse key Trump funding cuts for family planning and overturn the domestic and international “gag rules” that make it more difficult to access abortion information and services. She would also make abortion rights a key issue in making judicial appointments.

“In the first 100 days I will remove Trump’s ‘gag rules’, which I can do with no need of congressional involvement,” she said. “I will reverse funding decisions right away, and make sure that we only nominate judges for confirmation who are consistent with the law” of Roe v Wade.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/14/amy-klobuchar-abortion-reproductive-rights-interview

[katmondoo]

1. Good, we need a woman president, America needs a woman President, Women need a woman President.

[judeling]

2. I the debate

She also called for the codification of Roe v Wade.
Something we are going to have to think about for a host of precedent with this Court.

[BlueMTexpat]

3. Getting rid of the "Global Gag Rule" that

EVERY GOPer immediately reinstates and has since Raygun should be a top priority for ALL candidates! 45 EXPANDED it!!

More about the Global Gag Rule. It is one of the MANY, MANY reasons why I loathe 45!

What Is the Global Gag Rule? https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/explainers/what-global-gag-rule

The global gag rule prohibits foreign nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) who receive U.S. global health assistance from providing legal abortion services or referrals, while also barring advocacy for abortion law reform—even if it’s done with the NGO’s own, non-U.S. funds. The policy allows access to abortion only in cases of rape, incest, or when a woman’s life is at risk.
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In 2017, President Donald Trump’s Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance policy expanded the global gag rule, applying it to recipients of any U.S. global health funding, totaling an unprecedented $8.8 billion. This means that everything from HIV and AIDS programming and health systems strengthening to programs that support water, sanitation, and hygiene are negatively impacted.

In 2019, the Trump administration announced a further expansion of the implementation of the global gag rule, restricting “gagged” organizations from funding groups that provide abortion services and information, even though those organizations don’t get any U.S. aid. This means that organizations, donor governments, and funders will be bound by a U.S. government policy, even if they do not accept any U.S. government funding....

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Much more at the link.

Just another instance of 45's abuse of power.