A group of Senate Democrats are introducing a bill to allow US foreign aid to fund abortions as millions of US women are on the verge of having that very right rescinded.
The legislation introduced on Thursday by Sen Cory Booker and nearly two dozen cosponsors would amend the Foreign Assistance Act and repeal the so-called Helm Amendment, a provision of the act which forbids US foreign aid funds from being applied to organisations that fund abortion services, including in the case of rape, incest or other factors that are often considered by lawmakers including the health of the expectant mother.
