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U.S. International Family Planning & Reproductive Health: Requirements in Law and Policy
STATUTORY Helms Amendment (1973) Prohibits the use of foreign assistance to pay for the performance of abortion as a method of family planning or to motivate or coerce any person to practice abortion. Note: meaning of “motivate” clarified by Leahy …