Dems Push USAID Administrator to Recoup Funds for International Abortion Groups

by Lisa Correnti
Center for Family & Human Rights (C-Fam)


WASHINGTON DC, May 4 (C-Fam) Abortion proponents in the U.S. Congress, who were rattled by the Trump administration’s pro-life stand at recent UN negotiations, grilled the top U.S. aid administrator last week and attempted to obstruct the policy using procedural rules.

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, and Congresswomen Nita Lowey and Barbara Lee tried to challenge the implementation of Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance (PLGHA) policy by making procedural claims that PLGHA is a “rule” and as such is subject to the Congressional Review Act. The Government Accounting Office rejected the claim this week, stipulating that President Trump’s reinstatement of the Mexico City Policy was an executive action by previous presidents and “Federal courts have held that agencies’ implementation of presidential policy-making does not constitute a rule.”

Last week, the same Members of Congress took USAID administrator Mark Green to task when he appeared before Senate and House committees explaining the processes for a leaner budget for development and diplomacy and defending President Trump’s overseas pro-life policies.

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