Trump Admin. Ends Biden-Era Abortion Rule Likely Linked to Child Sex Trafficking
President Donald Trump and his administration are undoing a Biden-era immigration provision that would have facilitated abortions for children. The Daily Signal reported that the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is terminating rules and programs that violate the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits the use of federal taxpayer dollars for abortions. The move includes ending a rule change from 2022 affecting the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), a division of HHS that deals with unaccompanied children (UACs) encountered crossing the border. The Biden administration issued a requirement that ORR facilitate UACs with “access to medical care, including transportation.
