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“It is my opinion that without an accurate estimate of the number of abortions performed in the United States or the number of maternal deaths from abortion, it is impossible to estimate abortion related morbidity or mortality with any precision,” testified Dr. Wubbenhorst.  She noted that because of “severe data deficiencies,” the U.S. “did not report a maternal mortality ratio to the world from 2007 to 2016.”…While the risks of abortion increase with gestational age, she noted that even among second-trimester abortions, most “are performed in a healthy woman carrying a normal fetus who desires to end her pregnancy” and not to save the life of the mother or other exceptional circumstances.

The pro-life groups essentially are asking Congress to codify the Mexico City Policy as part of the PEPFAR authorization. Mexico City Policy was instituted under President Ronald Reagan and forbids American money from supporting or performing abortions overseas. The Trump administration expanded Mexico City Policy, now referred to as Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance, to all U.S. health aid including PEPFAR. The policy was revoked in the first week of the Biden administration…The Heritage report also sheds light on how Democrats are making PEPFAR into the vehicle of “social priorities like abortion and promotion of LGBTI issues.”

“Disrupting the normal physiologic process of pregnancy and ending the life of an unborn human being by induced abortion is the very antithesis of healthcare,” Skop said. “Only 7-14% of obstetricians say they will perform an abortion when requested by their patient. If abortion was necessary for a woman’s health, every obstetrician would be willing to perform that intervention.”