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US pro-choice organisations say they have high hopes that President-elect Joe Biden will advance reproductive rights in the country and “undo the damage” of his predecessor Donald Trump.
Mr Biden has already flagged an intention to restore funding to Planned Parenthood, protect a woman s right to choose and rescind some of the Trump administration’s more controversial abortion-related policies.
His plans have been welcomed by pro-choice organisations like Planned Parenthood, which has said the Trump administration’s “regressive policies. attack sexual and reproductive health and rights”.
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NBC News on Monday reported that reproductive rights advocates expect the government to act quickly to overturn Trump-era rules, including those blocking domestic and foreign aid funding for organisations that provide abortion counselling or referrals.
Inauguration Day means Zoom watch parties, not bus rides to Washington for N.J. residents celebrating
Updated Jan 19, 2021;
Though it’s a constitutionally mandated affair, dating back to George Washington, Inauguration Day typically looks a lot more like a music festival than a stuffy ceremony. Members of the public pack the National Mall while marching bands parade, flags billow in the crisp January air and fireworks light up the D.C. sky.
On Wednesday, President-Elect Biden will “solemnly swear” to “faithfully execute the Office of President,” just like 44 other presidents have before him, placing his left hand on his century-old family bible only he’ll be looking out on a sea of green: an empty National Mall.
Protesters on both sides of the abortion issue gather in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building during the Right To Life March, on January 18, 2019, in Washington, D.C. The Right to Life Campaign held its annual March For Life rally and march to the U.S. Supreme Court protesting the high court s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision making abortion legal. | Mark Wilson/Getty Images
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday reinstated a rule at the Food and Drug Administration requiring women to see doctors before they can receive medication for chemical abortions, overturning a lower court decision that enabled them to obtain the abortion pill via mail.
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