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Permanently bans use of U.S. foreign assistance and Peace Corps funds for abortions, involuntary sterilization, related research, lobbying, and support to organizations involved in coercive programs.
The bill prevents U.S. funds from supporting coercive population-control programs and bars Peace Corps funds for abortions, protecting taxpayers from funding such activities but likely reducing reproductive health services, research, and creating funding uncertainty and implementation costs for partners and taxpayers.
Taxpayers: U.S. foreign assistance is barred from being used to support coercive population-control programs abroad, preventing taxpayer funds from financing coercive practices.
Peace Corps programs: Peace Corps funds may not be used to pay for abortions, bringing Peace Corps funding rules into alignment with existing statutory restrictions.
Women abroad and people seeking reproductive health care: May lose access to abortion-related services and related research supported by U.S. assistance, reducing available health care options.
Nonprofits, researchers, and communities relying on family planning: Health programs and research funded by U.S. foreign assistance may face reduced services or halted studies, limiting family‑planning options and scientific knowledge.
Organizations receiving U.S. assistance (e.g., NGOs, state partners): Could be cut off or face funding uncertainty based on Presidential determinations about supporting coercive programs, disrupting programs and planning.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Official title: Permanently enact certain appropriations Act restrictions on the use of funds for abortions and involuntary sterilizations, and for other purposes.
Introduced January 30, 2025 by James Risch · Last progress January 30, 2025
Prohibits the use of U.S. foreign assistance and Peace Corps–authorized funds for abortion-related activities and involuntary sterilization. It amends the Foreign Assistance Act and the Peace Corps Act to bar funding for abortions as a method of family planning, coercing or incentivizing abortions or sterilizations, related biomedical research and lobbying, and gives the President authority to restrict funds to organizations deemed to participate in coercive programs.