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‘A Perfect Rating From Planned Parenthood’: 5 Things To Know About Biden HHS Nominee’s Abortion Record

Ben Zeisloft
‘A Perfect Rating From Planned Parenthood’: 5 Things To Know About Biden HHS Nominee’s Abortion Record
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President Biden campaigned for the White House on the most pro-abortion platform in modern history. The 46th President’s healthcare platform included a promise to expand access to government funded contraception and protect the “constitutional right to an abortion.” He pledged to reverse President Trump’s “all-out assault on women’s right to choose” by restoring taxpayer funds to Planned Parenthood and codifying Roe v. Wade.

Indeed, within the first days of his administration, Biden signed an executive action to “immediately” rescind the Mexico City Policy, which prevents overseas organizations or foreign governments from using American tax dollars to promote abortion. A fact sheet from the White House said the measure was meant to “protect and expand access to comprehensive reproductive health care.”

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