Anti-abortion groups oppose House bill to end government shutdown

Anti-abortion groups oppose the Democratic spending bill set for a House vote Thursday to end the partial government shutdown.

The spending bill would repeal a provision instituted by President Trump that requires foreign nongovernmental organizations to certify that they will not “perform or actively promote abortion as a method of family planning.” The provision, formally known as the Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance policy, was once called the Mexico City Policy, known by critics as the “global gag rule.”