To permanently enact certain appropriations Act restrictions on the use of funds for abortions and involuntary sterilizations, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The American Values Act permanently bans federal funds from being used for abortions, involuntary sterilizations, and related activities in foreign aid programs and Peace Corps operations. Currently, these restrictions are renewed annually through spending bills; this legislation would make them permanent law by writing them directly into the Foreign Assistance Act and Peace Corps Act.
Who Benefits and How
Pro-life advocacy organizations and religious groups benefit by securing permanent protections against federal funding of abortion overseas, eliminating the need to fight annual appropriations battles. International family planning organizations that do not provide abortion services gain a competitive advantage, as they become eligible for U.S. funding while organizations offering comprehensive reproductive health services (including abortion) are disqualified.
Who Bears the Burden and How
International NGOs that provide abortion services or comprehensive reproductive health care face permanent loss of U.S. foreign aid funding, forcing them to either eliminate abortion services or reject all U.S. government support. Biomedical researchers studying family planning methods involving abortion or sterilization lose access to federal research grants. Federal agencies like USAID and the State Department face increased compliance requirements to ensure no funds flow to prohibited activities. Peace Corps health programs must implement new restrictions preventing any abortion-related services.
Key Provisions
• Prohibits Foreign Assistance Act funds from paying for abortions as family planning, motivating or coercing abortion, involuntary sterilization, or providing financial incentives for sterilization
• Bans federal funding for biomedical research related to abortion or involuntary sterilization as family planning methods
• Prohibits funds for lobbying for or against abortion
• Blocks funding to any organization that "supports or participates in the management of a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization" as determined by the President
• Extends similar abortion funding restrictions to Peace Corps programs
• Makes all restrictions permanent rather than requiring annual renewal through appropriations bills
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Permanently enacts appropriations restrictions that prohibit federal funds from being used for abortions, involuntary sterilizations, and related activities in foreign assistance and Peace Corps programs
Who Benefits
- Pro-life advocacy organizations
- Religious organizations opposed to abortion
- Conservative policy groups
Who Bears Costs
- International family planning organizations
- NGOs providing comprehensive reproductive health services
- Peace Corps health programs
Key Policy Areas
Foreign Aid, Family Planning, Healthcare, Federal Spending
Primary Purpose
Permanently enacts appropriations restrictions that prohibit federal funds from being used for abortions, involuntary sterilizations, and related activities in foreign assistance and Peace Corps programs
Policy Domains
Legislative Strategy
"Convert temporary appropriations riders into permanent law by codifying abortion funding restrictions directly into authorizing statutes"
Identified Gains
- Pro-life advocacy organizations
- Religious organizations opposed to abortion
- Conservative policy groups
Identified Costs
- International family planning organizations
- NGOs providing comprehensive reproductive health services
- Peace Corps health programs
- Foreign aid recipients seeking abortion services
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Risch (for himself, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Paul, Mr. Scott …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
International family planning NGOs providing abortion services, International family planning NGOs receiving U.S. foreign aid, Organizations focused solely on non-abortion family planning
Positive-direction: Organizations focused solely on non-abortion family planning, Pro-life advocacy organizations
Negative-direction: International family planning NGOs providing abortion services, International family planning NGOs receiving U.S. foreign aid, Organizations providing comprehensive reproductive health services abroad
Peace Corps health programs, State Department foreign assistance programs, U.S. Agency for International Development
Biomedical researchers studying family planning methods
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_president"
- → President of the United States
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
All federal funds allocated for Foreign Assistance Act and Peace Corps Act programs, subject to permanent restrictions on abortion and sterilization funding
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