Africa: Smith Calls for Full Congressional Investigation of PEPFAR Violation of the Helms Amendment

Washington, DC — US taxpayer funding abortions in Mozambique ‘tip of the iceberg’

Congressman Chris Smith – Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Security and Diplomacy Bureau – today promised a congressional investigation in response to reports that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has violated the Helms Amendment by illegally using U.S. taxpayer dollars from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to pay for abortions…