The GOP war on women has gone global. Contained in the Continuing Resolution (CR) passed by the House of Representatives, among the severe cuts in publicly-funded domestic programs affecting corporate oversight, legal aid for the poor, food safety, community health centers, education and teachers, police and firefighters (and on and on), are another set of drastic cuts and policy changes that would most severely affect women living in poverty and the children that depend on them.
The CR cuts funding for voluntary international family planning assistance by 15 percent at a time when the need for voluntary family planning grows, and when the U.S. fair share of global family planning efforts is estimated at well over $1 billion.
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