Aug 15, 2007 / 08:51 am
A pro-life organization has launched an initiative to put an end to U.S. taxpayer support for abortions abroad.
The Population Research Institute (PRI) notes that U.S. law forbids American organizations, funded by taxpayer dollars, to support abortion overseas. There are two U.S. laws on the books that regulate this activity called the Tiahrt and Kemp-Kasten amendments.
Yet, some U.S.-based groups continue to lobby for legal abortion in developing countries, specifically in Latin America. In some cases, the pro-abortion lobby is even trying to coerce women into having abortions. According to PRI, these groups offer women incentives to have abortions in order to attain the results they want.
PRI’s Latin American Initiative was designed to put a stop to this activity by teaching human rights leaders in those countries about what U.S. groups can and cannot do abroad. The objective is to make this illegal activity known and to cut taxpayer funding to these pro-abortion groups for overseas activities.