Service providers that get funding through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) are barred from providing abortion services under rules against U.S. foreign assistance being used for abortion-related activities, but in Mozambique, four nurses performed abortions that are banned under the multibillion-dollar program that has saved millions of lives globally.
Four nurses performed a total of 21 abortions since January 2021 in Mozambique. U.S. officials immediately froze funding to the providers in question when informed of a potential issue, and going forward would require all staff to sign an attestation that they have been trained and understand the prohibition on abortions. It was the first time a PEPFAR-funded provider had been found to have provided an abortion in the program’s 20-year history.
(source Reuters)
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