Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) on Wednesday reintroduced a bill that would permanently repeal a policy that restricts sending federal foreign aid to groups providing abortion services after President Trump reinstated it last week.

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"President Trump has purposely put the lives of millions of women, girls and others who can get pregnant at risk," a director at Amnesty International said in a statement to Jezebel.

The move, announced in a presidential memorandum Friday, revives a policy that Trump and many other Republican presidents have implemented.

We must act to safeguard reproductive healthcare and forge a path less reliant on US assistance, says Carole Sekimpi As president of the United States, Donald Trump has the power to affect lives and healthcare well beyond his country’s borders.

The move, announced in a presidential memorandum Friday, revives a policy known as the “global gag rule” that Trump and many other Republican presidents have implemented. Already, contractors that receive U.S. foreign aid money cannot use it to directly support abortion services. But they can tell people the option is available.