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'''Melinda French Gates''' is the former [[Microsoft]] manager who married [[Bill Gates]]. A [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]], Melinda Gates became influential in the [[Gates Foundation]] around 2001 and exercised considerable control over its grant decisions between 2002 and 2006.  During that period the [[Gates Foundation]] stopped giving unrestricted money to domestic [[abortion]] groups.

'''Melinda French Gates''' is the former [[Microsoft]] manager who married [[Bill Gates]]. Despite supposedly a [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]], Melinda Gates began planning her divorce from husband back in 2019, before filing for divorce in Seattle in 2021.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/melinda-gates-was-meeting-with-divorce-lawyers-since-2019-to-end-marriage-with-bill-gates-11620579924</ref><ref>https://abcnews.go.com/Business/bill-melinda-gates-divorce-27-years-marriage/story?id=77480251</ref>  She publicly criticized and lectured the Catholic church without disclosing her own plans to divorce her husband.  Three stocks worth $5 billion were transferred to Melinda Gates as part of her divorce proceedings.<ref>https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/savingandinvesting/melinda-gates-now-owns-5-billion-across-these-3-stocks-as-part-of-her-divorce-proceedings/ar-BB1gt9S9</ref>

 

Due to her marriage before it dissolved, Melinda Gates became influential in the [[Gates Foundation]] around 2001 and exercised considerable control over its grant decisions between 2002 and 2006.  During that period the [[Gates Foundation]] stopped giving unrestricted money to domestic [[abortion]] groups.

The [[Gates Foundation]] restructured in 2006, ending daily control by Melinda Gates.  In January 2007, it began giving to abortion groups again.<ref>See [[Gates Foundation]] and [http://www.gatesfoundation.org/AboutUs/Grants/Grant-47811.htm Grant example]</ref>

The [[Gates Foundation]] restructured in 2006, ending daily control by Melinda Gates.  In January 2007, it began giving to abortion groups again.<ref>See [[Gates Foundation]] and [http://www.gatesfoundation.org/AboutUs/Grants/Grant-47811.htm Grant example]</ref>