Prevent the public purse being used to prop up overseas abortion fund

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What the petition asks

At a time when the NHS is in crisis and other domestic budgets are being cut, we urge the Department for International Development to resist pressure from the Dutch Government to pour millions of pounds into the global abortion fund set up in response to the US withdrawal of global abortion funding.

Belgium, Denmark, Norway & Netherlands have pledged $10m each (£7.9 million) towards covering the £480 million shortfall caused by the US Mexico City Policy. The UK is now being pressured into helping to pick up the rest of the bill which could be in the tens of millions. This would be on top of the £334.9 million of British taxpayer's money that the UK Department for International Development has already committed to overseas programmes for population policies and abortion in 2016-17.

Timeline

7 Mar 2017	Petition opened for signatures
2 May 2017	Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 103

Status Closed

Opened 7 Mar 2017

Closed 2 May 2017

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