Belgium conference to counter Trump's anti-abortion plan

BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium is organizing an international conference next month to finance access to birth control, abortion and sex education for women in developing countries in an attempt to make up for President Donald Trump's ban on U.S. funding.

Belgium's minister for foreign trade and development, Alexander De Croo, said that the conference will "join forces and rally support for all these efforts that make sexual and reproductive health and rights a reality for millions of women and girls around the world."

Sweden is a co-organizer of the conference and Deputy Prime Minister Isabella Lovin told Swedish Public radio that the meeting was "about having the countries standing together and talk about how important it is that sufficient funding should go to sexual and reproductive health and rights."