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Here's What Trump Has Done For Women In His First 100 Days

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He reinstated—and broadened—the global gag rule. which prohibits foreign aid from going to organizations that provide counseling & abortion services.. Trump signed a resolution  giving states permission to deny funding for Planned Parenthood, which saw roughly 2.5 million patients  annually and performed more than 635,000 pap tests and breast exams and diagnosed more than 171,000 sexually transmitted infections in ‘2015-16. He proposed cutting programs that help victims of domestic violence. if Trump’s cuts are applied across the board, roughly 260,000 fewer victims of domestic violence will be able to access the help.  He marked Sexual Assault Awareness Month by issuing a proclamation ,  which removed all allusions, which had been made in his predecessor’s statement, to the culture of victim-blaming that harms women who speak out. 

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I began teaching in 1963,; Ba and BS in Education -Brooklyn College. I have the equivalent of 2 additional Master's, mainly in Literacy Studies and Graphic Design. I was the only seventh grade teacher of English from 1990 -1999 at East Side (more...)
 

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