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Defunding USAID: Trump’s Biggest Gift to Pro-Lifers After Dobbs
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Defunding USAID: Trump’s Biggest Gift to Pro-Lifers After Dobbs

America’s foreign aid arm has long been the Left’s secret vehicle for loosening abortion laws overseas.

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Apr 13, 2025
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USAID has always been about population control - The Catholic Thing

by Hayden Ludwig
April 13, 2025

Axing USAID was never about balancing the budget, as critics allege, but dealing a mortal blow to Washington’s woke export machine — especially on abortion.

Many pro-life Christians were skeptical of Donald Trump’s soft abortion stance during the 2024 campaign. They should take note. With a single stroke, Trump has done more to protect unborn lives overseas than any other leader in the world and deserves credit as America’s most pro-life president. Here’s why.

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The Helms Amendment

The 1973 Helms Amendment, passed immediately after the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision, banned the use of foreign aid to pay for abortions. Democrats have tried for years to overturn this important law to make every American complicit in their war on the unborn, regardless of individual conscience. Those congressional efforts failed, so they turned to America’s foreign aid spigot: USAID.

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