{"id":282410,"date":"2022-12-29T09:30:32","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T15:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=282410"},"modified":"2022-12-31T19:24:03","modified_gmt":"2023-01-01T01:24:03","slug":"federal-budget-575-million-family-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/federal-budget-575-million-family-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal budget includes $575M to protect ‘biodiversity’ by curbing human reproduction"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The $1.7 trillion federal spending budget expected to be signed<\/a> by President Biden\u00a0includes<\/a> $575 million for “family planning\/reproductive health” aimed specifically at areas of the world where “biodiversity” is deemed “threatened” by the human population. In short, the U.S. will spend hundreds of millions of dollars working to control the reproduction of citizens in unnamed nations in order to protect animal life.<\/p>\n

“That of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, not less than $575,000,000 should be made available for family planning\/reproductive health, including in areas where population growth threatens biodiversity or endangered species,” reads<\/a> a portion of the bill under the heading “Global Health Activities.” The Hyde Amendment is included in the bill, which prohibits funding from being used directly for abortion<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Pushback came quickly once the details of the bill emerged. Rep. Dan Bishop (R-N.C.), whose team combed through the bill to find the details,\u00a0responded<\/a> to the population control portion of the bill, tweeting, “On a more sinister note, here’s at least $575 million for ‘family planning’ in areas where population growth ‘threatens biodiversity.’ Malthusianism is a disturbing, anti-human ideology that should have ZERO place in any federal program.”<\/p>\n

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On a more sinister note, here's at least $575 million for "family planning" in areas where population growth "threatens biodiversity." <\/p>\n

Malthusianism is a disturbing, anti-human ideology that should have ZERO place in any federal program. pic.twitter.com\/7EfFx2pq0M<\/a><\/p>\n

— Rep. Dan Bishop (@RepDanBishop) December 20, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n