{"id":57514,"date":"2014-12-24T18:16:16","date_gmt":"2014-12-24T23:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=57514"},"modified":"2014-12-26T08:44:47","modified_gmt":"2014-12-26T13:44:47","slug":"planned-parenthood-wishes-helms-amendment-an-unhappy-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-wishes-helms-amendment-an-unhappy-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Planned Parenthood wishes Helms Amendment an &#8220;unhappy birthday&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>When Planned Parenthood can&#8217;t <a href=\"\/news\/bullying-and-coercion-why-america-doesnt-need-planned-parenthood\/\">bully its way<\/a> to what it wants, it can <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PPact\/status\/545332506183352320?s=03\">still wish ill<\/a> upon things that don&#8217;t go its way \u2013 like the Helms Amendment.\u00a0In a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PPact\/status\/545332506183352320?s=03\">tweet<\/a> last week, the group\u00a0used The Smiths and their song, &#8220;Unhappy Birthday,&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-VjbuM4i--A\">as a mouthpiece<\/a>\u00a0to convey its sentiments toward the Helms Amendment:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>Hey fans of abortion rights &amp; The Smiths: We&#8217;ve come to wish Helms an unhappy birthday&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/bD4zdxqWjH\">http:\/\/t.co\/bD4zdxqWjH<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/r36ueY8XjO\">pic.twitter.com\/r36ueY8XjO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Planned Parenthood (@PPact) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PPact\/status\/545332506183352320\">December 17, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>Since 1973, the Helms Amendment has ensured that abortion stays out of US <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foreignassistance.gov\/web\/countryIntro.aspx\">foreign aid<\/a> appropriations. The amendment was the first major pro-life victory after <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>, setting the tone for pro-life legislative efforts going forward. It ensures that the hard-earned dollars of U.S. taxpayers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usaid.gov\/what-we-do\/global-health\/family-planning\/usaids-family-planning-guiding-principles-and-us\">are not forced<\/a> to pay for international abortion procedures, or to coerce any person into committing abortions.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Helms Amendment does not prohibit federal funds from helping with abortion follow-up care, however. Foreign aid may still be used to provide care to women who have had abortions (legally or illegally). It simply cannot be used to pay for the actual abortion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.plannedparenthoodaction.org\/get-involved\/global-reproductive-health-policy\/helms-amendment-hurts-women-worldwide\/\">Planned Parenthood<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/pubs\/gpr\/16\/3\/gpr160309.html\">Guttmacher Institute<\/a>, NARAL, and others have often bemoaned the Helms Amendment and its hindrance to abortion on demand without any restrictions whatsoever. 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