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Is U.S. foreign assistance used to perform or promote abortion as a method of family planning?

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Is U.S. foreign assistance used to perform or promote abortion as a method of family planning?

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No. Under the Helms Amendment, U.S. foreign assistance is prohibited from being used to perform or promote abortion as a method of family planning. “Menstrual regulation” and medical abortion [i.e. RU-486] are considered abortion and are thus activities that are prohibited from receiving USAID funding.