The Nation - News from June 12, 1985
Opponents of abortion suffered a setback when the Senate refused to endorse President Reagan’s plans to cut off funding for private international family planning programs that practice abortion. Senators had voted last month to overturn the Reagan program. It rejected, 53 to 45, a proposal by conservative Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) that would have effectively reinstated the President’s plan.
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