 In 2014, she was a signatory to an open letter to President Obama that urged him to expand U.S. funding of abortion services in the cases of rape, incest, and life endangerment in foreign countries, currently prohibited under U.S. law by the Helms Amendment.In April 2015, Gramick was banned from speaking in the Diocese of Charlotte by Bishop Peter Jugis.A Diocese spokesman, on behalf of Bishop Jugis, stated