Lets U.S. foreign aid pay for abortion services in other countries.
This bill would end a long-standing rule that stops U.S. foreign aid from being used for abortion services. It would let these funds pay for comprehensive reproductive health care, including abortion care, training, and equipment in low- and middle-income countries, which could help reduce unsafe abortions and related deaths globally.
Today, U.S. foreign assistance funds cannot be used to provide abortion services due to a rule from 1973. This bill would remove that ban and explicitly allow these funds to pay for comprehensive reproductive health care, including abortion services, training, and equipment. This change aims to reduce the estimated 20,000 deaths and $2.3 billion in costs from unsafe abortions each year in low- and middle-income countries.
S 5565 · 119th Congress · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 9/10
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