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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> | ||
| − | By July 2017, Melinda Gates announced her funding of pro-[[abortion]] groups to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars, while demanding that the [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic Church]] change its opposition to contraception. Gates asserted that she was not funding abortion itself, while funding groups that advocate and perform abortions. | + | By July 2017, Melinda Gates announced her funding of pro-[[abortion]] groups to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars, while demanding that the [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic Church]] change its opposition to contraception. Gates asserted that she was not funding abortion itself, while funding groups that advocate and perform abortions.<ref>Berry, Susan (July 20, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/07/20/melinda-gates-commits-375-million-global-family-planning-counter-trumps-pro-life-policy/ Melinda Gates Commits $375 Million to Global Family Planning to Counter Trump’s Pro-Life Policy]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 20, 2017.</ref> |
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Melinda French Gates is the former Microsoft manager who married Bill Gates. A 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.
The Gates Foundation restructured in 2006, ending daily control by Melinda Gates. In January 2007, it began giving to abortion groups again.[1]
By July 2017, Melinda Gates announced her funding of pro-abortion groups to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars, while demanding that the Catholic Church change its opposition to contraception. Gates asserted that she was not funding abortion itself, while funding groups that advocate and perform abortions.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ See Gates Foundation and Grant example
- ↑ Berry, Susan (July 20, 2017). Melinda Gates Commits $375 Million to Global Family Planning to Counter Trump’s Pro-Life Policy. Breitbart News. Retrieved July 20, 2017.