Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
The American Values Act would permanently add statutory prohibitions barring U.S. foreign assistance and Peace Corps funds from being used to pay for abortions, involuntary sterilizations, certain related biomedical research, or lobbying for or against abortion. It also bars funds to organizations the President determines are involved in coercive abortion or sterilization programs.
Progressives emphasize harm to reproductive and maternal health abroad.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill functions primarily as a substantive statutory change that directly amends existing law to prohibit specified uses of funds; the statutory edits are clear in placement and operative prohibitions but omit ancillary implementation details that would support administration and accountability.
The American Values Act would permanently add statutory prohibitions barring U.S. foreign assistance and Peace Corps funds from being used to pay for abortions, involuntary sterilizations, certain related biomedical research, or lobbying for or against abortion.
It also bars funds to organizations the President determines are involved in coercive abortion or sterilization programs.
The bill amends the Foreign Assistance Act and the Peace Corps Act to codify these restrictions.
Narrow and administrable but centered on a polarizing issue; likely to pass only with strong alignment or as part of larger negotiations.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill functions primarily as a substantive statutory change that directly amends existing law to prohibit specified uses of funds; the statutory edits are clear in placement and operative prohibitions but omit ancillary implementation details that would support administration and accountability.
Progressives emphasize harm to reproductive and maternal health abroad.
These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.
Progressives emphasize harm to reproductive and maternal health abroad.
Likely to oppose the bill because it restricts use of U.S. global health funds for abortion-related services and research.
Concern will focus on degraded reproductive health services abroad, limits on comprehensive family planning, and harms to maternal health outcomes.
Views the bill as a policy to prevent coercion and limit taxpayer-funded abortion abroad, but worries about blunt restrictions.
Seeks clearer definitions, exceptions for medical emergencies, and safeguards for global health programs.
Likely to strongly support the bill as a permanent prohibition on taxpayer-funded abortions and coercive sterilizations overseas.
Sees it as codifying pro-life principles and ensuring U.S. aid does not finance abortion.
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Narrow and administrable but centered on a polarizing issue; likely to pass only with strong alignment or as part of larger negotiations.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Progressives emphasize harm to reproductive and maternal health abroad.
Narrow and administrable but centered on a polarizing issue; likely to pass only with strong alignment or as part of larger negotiations.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill functions primarily as a substantive statutory change that directly amends existing law to prohibit specified uses of funds; the statutory edits are clear in placemen…
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