New reports have surfaced showing that Joe Biden broke federal law by funding abortions in Africa with taxpayer dollars.
As Congressional sources inform LifeNews.com, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has violated the Helms Amendment by illegally using U.S. taxpayer dollars from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to pay for abortions in Mozambique. The Helms Amendment is federal law that makes it clear non foreign aid money can be used to directly fund abortions in other nations.
Congressman Chris Smith—Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Security and Diplomacy Bureau— told LifeNews he will conduct an investigation.
“This is just the tip of the iceberg,” said Smith who led the charge last year to delay PEPFAR’s reauthorization because of the Biden Administration’s decision to integrate the PEPFAR program with sexual and reproductive health and rights services—including abortion—in violation of U.S. policy.
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“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 have rung hollow in the face of their aggressive promotion of abortion and collaboration with some of the largest 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 oversee PEPFAR and other global health programs, said he plans to hold a series of hearings to investigate the activities by PEPFAR-funded countries and to hold the CDC the Global Health Security and Diplomacy Bureau to account.
“Regrettably, PEPFAR has been reimagined—hijacked—by the Biden Administration to empower pro-abortion efforts, deviating from its life-affirming work. With President Trump’s leadership, I am confident we will get back to the original noble goals of preventing and fighting devastating disease without using our monies to pay for or promote abortion overseas.
“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.”
Meanwhile, Biden’s flouting of federal law may put the entire PEPFAR foreign aid program in jeopardy.
Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho), the chair of the Foreign Relations Committee, said Thursday that the global AIDS-fighting program started by President George W. Bush “is certainly in jeopardy” because the Biden administration allowed funding to fund abortions.
Risch confirms funds were used to kill at least 21 babies in Mozambique.
Risch called the revelation “disgusting.”
“The CDC must be investigated for its misuse of PEPFAR funds, and those who have violated long-standing U.S. laws that protect life must be held accountable,” Risch said.
