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Biden urged to clarify that abortion aid abroad unaffected by Roe v Wade ruling

Aug 12, 2022 View Original Article
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : The Helms amendment blocks US foreign aid from funding "abortion as a method of family planning".
43% :On Wednesday, more than 100 reproductive and gender rights groups signed on to a separate letter sent to Power and the secretary of state, Anthony Blinken, asking them to clarify that the 1973 Helms amendment - which restricts overseas aid for abortion - does not affect abortions for those who suffered rape and incest or pregnancies that threaten the health of the mother.
38% : Elsewhere, US law is clear that the definition of "family planning" excludes pregnancies as a result of rape and incest, along with abortion to save the life of the pregnant person.
38% : The law that bears his name was part of a conservative backlash to the Roe v Wade decision that established a federal right to abortion before being overturned in June.
28% : The Helms amendment was named for Jesse Helms, the arch-conservative senator from North Carolina who was an outspoken opponent of abortion, civil rights, LGBTQ+ rights and government-funded Aids research.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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