Administration Cuts Funding To U.N. Program, Saying It Supported Coercive Abortions
The funds will be shifted to similar programs at the U.S. Agency for International Development. Meanwhile, a federal judge comes down against an Indiana ultrasound measure and a look at how Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin would be affected if federal money is cut off from the organization.
The Associated Press:
Trump Admin Cites Abortion As It Halts Funding To UN Agency
The Trump administration is cutting off U.S. funding to the United Nations agency for reproductive health under an abortion-related provision in law that Democratic and Republican administrations have used as a cudgel in the global culture wars. (Lederman, 4/4)
Reuters:
Federal Judge Blocks Indiana Abortion Ultrasound Measure
A U.S. federal judge blocked an Indiana measure requiring women to have an ultrasound at least 18 hours before undergoing an abortion, saying that the mandate was unnecessary and a burden to low-income women. The preliminary injunction, issued by U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt on Friday, was the result of a lawsuit brought last year by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on behalf of Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky against Indiana's Department of Health and local officials. (Mclaughlin, 4/3)
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
Planned Parenthood Sure To Remain A Target In Wisconsin
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin estimates it could keep open only two of its 19 family planning clinics — those in Milwaukee and Madison — if it was barred from billing Medicaid programs. (Boulton and Stein, 4/3)
