Trump, PEPFAR and HIV
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AIDS, PEPFAR and Republicans
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The Trump administration agreed to exempt a global AIDS-relief program from spending cuts in the rescissions package.
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The U.S. Senate has opened debate on a $9 billion rescission bill to claw back foreign aid and other funding not aligned with Trump administration priorities, but will apparently leave one critical public health program alone.
Senators began voting Wednesday on amendments to a large foreign aid and public broadcasting rescissions package.
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PEPFAR has not operated in Russia since 2012, when President Vladimir Putin kicked the United States Agency for International Development out of the country. U.S. law prohibits the use of any federal funds to pay for abortions. Funding abortions through PEPFAR would imply not just waste, but serious crimes or negligence, or both.
Hundreds of millions in federal taxpayer dollars have been given to organizations around the world that likely facilitate prostitution and
IDSA and HIVMA urged lawmakers to also preserve crucial infrastructure and other programs that support PEPFAR's implementation.
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