US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo confirmed to reporters that the administration is closing a loophole that permits "backdoor funding schemes" under which foreign aid recipients that don't commit or promote abortion themselves can still give money to other organizations that do. "American taxpayer dollars will not be used to underwrite abortions," he declared. "This administration has shown that we can continue to meet our global health goals while refusing to subsidize the killing of unborn babies."

The administration is also ordering full enforcement of the 1981 Siljander amendment, which bars federal funds from being used to lobby for or against abortion. The first group to be impacted by the amendment is the Organization of American States (OAS) for its pro-abortion lobbying across North and South America via two of its organs: The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and Inter-American Commission on Women (IACW).

Nine Republican senators wrote to Pompeo last month urging him to make the change, citing IACHR's support for legalizing abortion in nations such as Argentina, Chile, and El Salvador, for example. Left-wing, pro-abortion organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Amnesty International, and Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) have opposed cutting funds to IACHR... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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