He had made it a part of our foreign policy to dictate what people, groups and governments outside of our boundaries can say and how they spend their money. It is ridiculous to make other peoples kowtow to an issue that even in our own country remains so volatile, upon which there is no agreement. To threaten these funds disregards the extreme problems other countries are facing. It disregards the difficulties that families, and women in particular, in underdeveloped nations face in trying to survive from day to day. When making ends meet with three children is a struggle, a fourth child could devastate a family economically.
Family planning is the answer.
It is what is needed before a pregnancy occurs. It is what prevents the desire for an abortion. Preventing pregnancy prevents abortion. Our new president seems unaware of cultures where girls are treated as property, used to pay off debt, like chips at a poker table. Where they have little or no choice regarding their virginity or their abstinence.