The new rules said federally funded family planning clinics could no longer provide abortion counseling. (npr.org)
That policy prevents foreign nonprofit groups that receive federal funds from administering abortions or providing abortion counseling or referrals. (statnews.com)
The amendment's aim is to break the stranglehold on abortion counselling of certain groups which Dorries and Field say have a financial conflict of interest in advising women seeking terminations, and open up counselling to independent counsellers. (conservativehome.blogs.com)