Nations aim to counter Trump`s ban on family planning funds

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Officials in many European nations and around the world say the move will hurt women and girls who need family planning most.
Outside of many European nations, Canada, African and Asian countries will also have representatives at the conference, as will the European Union and the United Nations.
Swedish Vice Premier Isabella Lovin is pictured talking during an interview with The Associated Press in Brussel.
Instead of containing abortions, the move would increase dangerous pregnancy terminations, Lovin and De Croo said.
(Photo: Geert Vanden Wijngaert, AP)BRUSSELS ? Some 50 countries have signed up to attend a family planning conference in Brussels aimed at making up the gap left by President Trump`s ban on U.
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funding to groups linked to abortion, organizers said Wednesday.