Mon Jun 12, 2023 – 4:21 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — A coalition of African leaders have petitioned the U.S. Congress to remove funding for abortion from HIV/AIDS programs.
On June 6, Ghana’s Speaker of Parliament sent a letter to Republican and Democrat members of both the House of Representatives and the Senate. The 129 leaders who signed the letter represent 15 African countries and requested that the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) be “respectful of our beliefs” regarding the sanctity of life in the womb and abandon funding for abortion.
“As you now seek to reauthorize PEPFAR funding, we want to express our concerns and suspicions that this funding is supporting so-called family planning and reproductive health principles and practices, including abortion, that violate our core beliefs concerning life, family, and religion,” the letter states. “We ask that PEPFAR remain true to its original mission and respect our norms, traditions, and values.”
The leaders further specified their desire to ensure the U.S. government does “not cross over into promoting divisive ideas and practices that are not consistent with those of Africa.”
“We thank the American people for their extraordinary generosity and solidarity with us
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