BRUSSELS — Nations and philanthropists pledged close to $200 million Thursday for family planning at an international conference that aimed to make up for the gap left by President Trump’s ban on US funding to groups linked to abortion.
Some 50 governments attended the hastily convened one-day conference in Brussels and the funding drive was boosted by Sweden, Canada, and Finland each promising $21 million. Private donors like the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation provided tens of millions more.
