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HR 708 111th Congress House International Affairs Abortion Foreign aid and international relief International organizations and cooperation Public participation and lobbying

To restrict assistance to foreign organizations that perform or actively promote abortions.

Introduced: January 27, 2009 Introduced by: Smith, Christopher H. Republican · New Jersey See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Jan 27, 2009
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to prohibit the availability of appropriated funds for population activities to any private, nongovernmental, or multilateral organization until it certifies that it will not during the period for which funds are made available: (1) directly or through a subcontractor or subgrantee perform abortions in any foreign country except if the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term or in cases of forcible rape or incest; or (2) violate the laws of a foreign country regarding the circumstances under which abortion is permitted, regulated, or prohibited, or engage in lobbying activities in an effort to alter its laws with respect to abortion (except lobbying in opposition to coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization).

What's happening now January 27, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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