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By Office of Gain. Chris Smith
Washington, DC — US taxpayer funding abortions in Mozambique ‘tip of the iceberg’
Congressman Chris Smith – Chairman of the Home Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa and World Nicely being Safety and Diplomacy Bureau – this day promised a congressional investigation per stories that the Companies for Disease Adjust and Prevention (CDC) has violated the Helms Amendment by illegally the boom of U.S. taxpayer dollars from the President’s Emergency Opinion for AIDS Reduction (PEPFAR) to pay for abortions in Mozambique.
“This is just the tip of the iceberg,” said Smith who led the charge in the closing Congress to prolong PEPFAR’s reauthorization because of this of of the Biden Administration’s decision to integrate the PEPFAR program with sexual and reproductive health and rights—together with 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 gap in the face of their aggressive promotion of abortion and collaboration with some of the biggest international 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 supervise PEPFAR and other world health functions, said he plans to handle a series of hearings to envision the activities by PEPFAR-funded countries and to handle the CDC and the World Nicely being Safety and Diplomacy Bureau to fable.
Click right here to be taught Gain. 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 life-declaring work. With President Trump’s leadership, I’m confident we can obtain serve to the fashioned noble targets of fighting and fighting devastating illness without the boom of 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,” continued 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.”
