STATUTORY
Helms Modification (1973)Prohibits using international help to pay for the efficiency of abortion as a technique of household planning or to encourage or coerce any individual to apply abortion. Notice: which means of “encourage” clarified by Leahy Modification (1994); see under.
Abortion
All international help licensed underneath the International Help Act of 1961(FAA); all funds underneath State-International Operations Appropriations (State-International Ops.)
Sure, in impact.Everlasting legislation, modification to the FAA.Additionally included in annual State-International Ops.
Involuntary Sterilization Modification (1978)Prohibits using funds to pay for involuntary sterilizations as a technique of household planning or to coerce or present a monetary incentive to anybody to bear sterilization.
Voluntarism/Knowledgeable Selection & Consent; Incentives; Involuntary Sterilization
All international help licensed by the FAA of 1961; all international help funds underneath State-International Ops.
Sure, in impact.Everlasting legislation, modification to the FAA.Additionally included in annual State-International Ops.
Peace Corps Provision (1978)Prohibits Peace Corps funding from paying for an abortion for a Peace Corps volunteer or trainee; starting in FY 2015, permits for fee in instances the place the lifetime of the girl is endangered by being pregnant or in instances of rape or incest.
Abortion
All Peace Corps funding
Sure, in impact.Included underneath the “Peace Corps” heading of the State-International Ops.
Biden Modification (1981)States that funds will not be used for biomedical analysis associated to strategies of or the efficiency of abortion or involuntary sterilization as a method of household planning.
Abortion; Involuntary Sterilization
All international help licensed by the FAA of 1961; all international help funds underneath State-International Ops.
Sure, in impact.Everlasting legislation, modification to the FAA.Additionally included in annual State-International Ops.
Siljander Modification (1981)Prohibits using funds to foyer for or in opposition to abortion. When initially launched, the modification prohibited solely lobbying for abortion, however in subsequent years Congress modified the language to incorporate lobbying in opposition to abortion as nicely.
Abortion
All funds underneath State-International Ops.
Sure, in impact.Included in annual State-International Ops.
DeConcini Modification (1985)Requires that U.S. funds be offered to organizations that provide, both instantly or by way of referral to, details about entry to a broad vary of household planning strategies and companies. See Livingston-Obey Modification (1986) under.
Voluntarism/Knowledgeable Selection
All FP funds underneath State-International Ops.
Sure, in impact.Included in annual State-International Ops.
Kemp-Kasten Modification (1985)Prohibits funding any group or program, as decided by the President, that helps or participates within the administration of a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization.
UNFPA Funding; Abortion; Voluntarism/Knowledgeable Selection & Consent; Involuntary Sterilization
All funds underneath State-International Ops. in addition to unobligated balances from prior appropriations acts
Sure, in impact.Included in annual State-International Ops. every year; Presidents decided that it utilized to UNFPA in FY85-FY92, FY02-FY08, FY17-FY20.
Involuntary Sterilization and Abortion Provision (1985)Specifies that U.S. international help funding could possibly be withheld from a rustic or group if the president certifies that using such funds would violate key provisions of the FAA of 1961 associated to abortion or involuntary sterilization (specifically the Helms, Biden, and Involuntary Sterilization Amendments).
Voluntarism/Knowledgeable Selection & Consent; Incentives; Abortion; Involuntary Sterilization
All international help funds underneath State-International Ops.
Sure, in impact.Included in annual State-International Ops.
Livingston-Obey Modification (1986)Prohibits discrimination by the U.S. authorities in opposition to organizations that provide solely “pure household planning” for non secular or conscientious causes when the U.S. authorities is awarding associated grants. All such candidates should adjust to the necessities of the DeConcini Modification (1985).
Voluntarism/Knowledgeable Selection
All FP funds underneath State-International Ops.
Sure, in impact.Included in annual State-International Ops.
Leahy Modification (1994)Clarifies Helms Modification (1973) language that makes use of the time period “encourage” by stating that “encourage” shall not be construed to ban, the place authorized, the availability of knowledge or counseling about all being pregnant choices.
Abortion; Voluntarism/Knowledgeable Selection
All authorizing and appropriating laws associated to the State Dept., international operations, and associated applications
Sure, in impact.Included in annual State-International Ops.
Timing of Launch of UNFPA Contribution Funds (1994)No more than half of funding designated for the U.S. contribution to UNFPA is to be launched earlier than a selected date (varies by fiscal yr).
UNFPA Funding
Funds made accessible to UNFPA
No, not in impact.Generally included in annual State-International Ops.
Situations on Availability of UNFPA Funds (UNFPA Segregated U.S. Contribution Account; UNFPA Does Not Fund Abortions; Prohibition on the Use of U.S. Funds in China by UNFPA) (1994)States that funds will not be made accessible to UNFPA until:
UNFPA retains the U.S. contribution to the company in a separate account, to not be commingled with different funds, and
UNFPA doesn’t fund abortions (be aware: language used starting in FY00).It additionally prohibits UNFPA from utilizing any funds from the U.S. contribution of their programming in China.
UNFPA Funding; Abortion
Funds made accessible to UNFPA
Sure, in impact.Included in annual State-International Ops.
UNFPA Greenback-for-Greenback Withholding of Quantity UNFPA Plans to Spend in China Throughout Fiscal 12 months (1994)Reduces the U.S. contribution to UNFPA by one greenback for each greenback that UNFPA spends on its programming in China.
UNFPA Funding
Funds made accessible to UNFPA
Sure, in impact.Sometimes included in annual State-International Ops.
Tiahrt Modification (1998)Prohibits using targets/quotas and monetary incentives in household planning tasks and requires tasks to supply understandable data on household planning strategies. Protects individuals who select to not use household planning from being denied rights or advantages and requires experimental household planning strategies be offered solely within the context of a scientific examine. Supposed to “promote voluntarism and forestall coercion in household planning applications,” it particularly prohibits three forms of targets: complete variety of births, variety of household planning acceptors, and acceptors of a selected technique of household planning.
Voluntarism/Knowledgeable Selection & Consent; Incentives and Disincentives
All FP funds underneath State-International Ops.
Sure, in impact.Included in annual State-International Ops.
Reallocation of Funds Not Made Obtainable to UNFPA (2004)Offers for funds not made accessible to UNFPA to be reallocated to USAID’s household planning, maternal, and reproductive well being actions/companies (and, in some years, help to susceptible youngsters and victims of trafficking in individuals).
UNFPA Funding
Funds appropriated for UNFPA
Sure, in impact.Sometimes included in annual State-International Ops.
Medically Correct Data on Condoms (2005)Ensures that data offered by U.S.-supported applications about using condoms is medically correct data and contains the general public well being advantages and failure charges of such use.
Condoms
All funds underneath State-International Ops.
Sure, in impact.Sometimes included in annual State-International Ops.
POLICY
USAID Coverage Paper on Inhabitants Help (1982)Outlines the longstanding USAID tips surrounding its elementary programmatic rules of voluntarism and knowledgeable selection and consent.
Voluntarism/Knowledgeable Selection & Consent
All FP/RH help offered by USAID
Sure, in impact.
Coverage Willpower 3 (PD-3): USAID Coverage Tips on Voluntary Sterilization (1982)Describes tips for knowledgeable consent and voluntarism particularly for voluntary sterilization companies, together with provisions to make sure prepared entry to different contraceptive strategies and prohibiting incentive funds that may induce an individual to pick voluntary sterilization over one other technique.
Voluntarism/Knowledgeable Selection & Consent; Voluntary Sterilization
All FP/RH help offered by USAID
Sure, in impact.
Mexico Metropolis Coverage (“World Gag Rule”, 1984)As a situation for receiving U.S. household planning help and, now, additionally different world well being help (see “Applies to”), requires international NGOs to certify that they won’t carry out or promote abortion as a technique of household planning utilizing funds from any supply.Below the Trump administration, it was known as “Defending Life in World Well being Help” coverage.
Abortion
1984- 2003: when in impact, was utilized to FP help at USAID solely. In 2003, expanded to incorporate all FP help at USAID and the State Dept., exempting multilateral organizations and HIV/AIDS funding underneath PEPFAR. 2009-17: Not in impact. 2017-2021: utilized to all world well being help. 2021-present: Not in impact.
No, not in impact.Not presently in pressure.
USAID Publish-Abortion Care Coverage (2001)Clarifies that post-abortion care – the therapy of accidents or diseases brought on by authorized or unlawful abortion – is permitted underneath the Helms Modification and that any restrictions underneath the Mexico Metropolis Coverage, when in pressure, don’t restrict organizations from treating accidents or diseases brought on by authorized or unlawful abortions (i.e., offering post-abortion care). Notes USAID doesn’t finance handbook vacuum aspiration tools buy/distribution for any goal.
Publish-Abortion Care
All FP/RH help offered by USAID
Sure, in impact.
Steerage on the Definition and Use of the World Well being Packages Account: Part on Allowable Makes use of of Funds for Household Planning/Reproductive Well being (2014)Outlines allowable makes use of of funds for FP/RH by offering an outline of actions allowed and examples of actions not allowed, addressing not solely FP/RH actions but additionally household planning actions’ integration with different world well being and multisectoral actions.
FP/RH Actions; FP/RH System Strengthening Actions; Built-in FP Actions
All FP/RH help offered by USAID
Sure, in impact.Up to date periodically.
PEPFAR 2023 Nation and Regional Operational Plan GuidanceOutlines sure FP/RH actions that could be reported underneath particular PEPFAR price range classes, resembling youth-friendly sexual and RH companies which can be a part of prevention for adolescent ladies and younger ladies.
HIV/AIDS Program Linkages with FP/RH Actions; Abortion
“Wraparound” PEPFAR actions associated to FP/RH
Sure, in impact.Up to date yearly; transferring to biennial.
Commonplace Provisions for Nongovernmental Organizations (U.S. and Non-U.S.)Define necessities that should be connected to help agreements, together with language implementing FP/RH authorized and coverage necessities described above (e.g., the Helms and Leahy Amendments.)
Voluntarism/Knowledgeable Selection & Consent; Incentives; Abortion; Involuntary Sterilization; Condoms; FP/RH Actions
USAID help agreements
Sure, in impact.Up to date periodically.
Notes: PEPFAR= U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Aid; UNFPA= United Nations Inhabitants Fund; USAID= U.S. Company for Worldwide Improvement.
