Anti-abortion groups keep pressure on White House after March for Life olive branch

Anti-abortion groups keep pressure on White House after March for Life olive branch


The conservative movement wants to see the White House walk back its middle ground approach to abortion access, even as President Donald Trump handed the movement new policy victories ahead of the March for Life.

Federal funding from the National Institutes of Health will no longer go toward research or grants that use aborted fetal tissue, the administration announced on Thursday, one day before thousands are expected to converge on Washington for the annual rally.

The White House also announced in a meeting with anti-abortion groups that it is expanding the Mexico City policy, which prohibits federal funding for international nongovernmental organizations that provide abortions. The Small Business Administration will also review whether Planned Parenthood illegally received $88 million in pandemic-era loans.

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