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 123STA T .84 3 PUBLIC LA W 111 – 8 —M A R .11, 2 0 0 9aborti o n a s a me t h o d o f fami lyp lannin g or to moti v ate or c oerce any person to practice abortions
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d fu r th er ,T hat nothing in this paragraph shall be constr u ed to alter any e x isting statutory prohibitions against abortion under section 104 of the F oreign A ssistance Act of 1 96 1: Provided further, That none of the funds made available under this Act may be used to lobby for or against abortion: Provided further, That in order to reduce reliance on abortion in developing nations, funds shall be available only to voluntary family planning pro j ects w hich offer, either directly or through referral to, or information about access to, a broad range of family planning methods and services, and that any such vol - untary family planning project shall meet the following re q uire- ments: ( 1 ) service providers or referral agents in the project shall not implement or be subject to quotas, or other numerical targets, of total number of births, number of family planning acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method of family planning (this provision shall not be construed to include the use of quantitative estimates or indicators for budgeting and planning purposes) ( 2 ) the project shall not include payment of incentives, bribes, gratuities, or finan- cial reward to: (A) an individual in exchange for becoming a family planning acceptor; or ( B ) program personnel for achieving a numer- ical target or quota of total number of births, number of family planning acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method of family planning; ( 3 ) the project shall not deny any right or benefit, including the right of access to participate in any program of general welfare or the right of access to health care, as a consequence of any individual ’ s decision not to accept family planning services; (4) the project shall provide family planning acceptors comprehen- sible information on the health benefits and ris k s of the method chosen, including those conditions that might render the use of the method inadvisable and those adverse side effects known to be consequent to the use of the method; and ( 5 ) the project shall ensure that experimental contraceptive drugs and devices and med- ical procedures are provided only in the context of a scientific study in which participants are advised of potential risks and benefits; and, not less than 60 days after the date on which the Administrator of the U nited S tates Agency for I nternational D evelopment determines that there has been a violation of the requirements contained in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (5) of this proviso, or a pattern or practice of violations of the requirements contained in paragraph (4) of this proviso, the Administrator shall submit to the C ommittees on Appropriations a report containing a description of such violation and the corrective action taken by the Agency: Provided further, That in awarding grants for nat- ural family planning under section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 no applicant shall be discriminated against because of such applicant’s religious or conscientious commitment to offer only natural family planning; and, additionally, all such applicants shall comply with the requirements of the previous proviso: Pro - vided further, That for purposes of this or any other Act authori z ing or appropriating funds for the Department of State, foreign oper- ations, and related programs, the term ‘ ‘motivate’’, as it relates to family planning assistance, shall not be construed to prohibit the provision, consistent with local law, of information or counseling about all pregnancy options: Provided further, That information provided about the use of condoms as part of projects or activities that are funded from amounts appropriated by this Act shall be Cond o ms.Gra n t s. N on - d i s c rimination. Com pl ianc e . F amil y plannin g . R e qu irements. D eadline. Determination. Reports. L o b bying. A bortion.