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By Office of Obtain. Chris Smith
Washington, DC — US taxpayer funding abortions in Mozambique ‘tip of the iceberg’
Congressman Chris Smith – Chairman of the Dwelling Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa and World Health Safety and Diplomacy Bureau – these days promised a congressional investigation in accordance to studies that the Centers for Illness Alter and Prevention (CDC) has violated the Helms Amendment by illegally using U.S. taxpayer dollars from the President’s Emergency Conception for AIDS Reduction (PEPFAR) to pay for abortions in Mozambique.
“This is just the tip of the iceberg,” said Smith who led the label in the last Congress to extend PEPFAR’s reauthorization because of this of of the Biden Administration’s decision to combine the PEPFAR program with sexual and reproductive health and rights—including abortion—in violation of U.S. policy.
“Frankly, it’s not a surprise to find that they are performing abortion with U.S. taxpayer dollars,” Smith said. “Their denials over the years like rung hollow in the face of their aggressive promotion of abortion and collaboration with some of the perfect worldwide abortion providers.
“The CDC’s actions are a direct violation of both the letter and spirit of the law. It is unacceptable for our government to use PEPFAR’s taxpayer dollars to promote or provide abortion, especially in a program meant to save lives from HIV/AIDS” Smith said.
Chairman Smith, whose subcommittee continues to oversee PEPFAR and other world health programs, said he plans to love a chain of hearings to evaluate the actions by PEPFAR-funded worldwide locations and to love the CDC and the World Health Safety and Diplomacy Bureau to tale.
Click on here to study Obtain. Smith’s associated 2023 Ground Remarks on PEPFAR.
“Regrettably, PEPFAR has been reimagined—hijacked—by the Biden Administration to empower pro-abortion efforts, deviating from its existence-affirming work. With President Trump’s leadership, I’m assured we are in a position to get again to the approved noble dreams of fighting and fighting devastating disease with out using our monies to pay for or promote abortion in a foreign country.
“The American people expect their government to act with transparency and accountability when it comes to the use of taxpayer dollars,” persisted Congressman Smith. “I will continue to fight to protect the sanctity of life and ensure that U.S. foreign assistance is used to save lives, not end them.”
