oj678 As Fellow Pro-Lifers, We Are Begging Marco Rubio to Save Foreign Aid

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Every H.I.V.-positive pregnancy is a crisis pregnancy. As a mother feels her baby growing and moving within her womb, she hopes the child will inherit the best of her and her partner. It is an aching tragedy when a mother’s body becomes a threat to her baby instead of its refuge.

The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, a multibillion-dollar global health initiative started under President George W. Bush, has brought hope to H.I.V.-positive mothers across Africa, and put the end of AIDS within reach. Through H.I.V./AIDS prevention and treatment, PEPFAR has saved 25 million lives and, by preventing mother-to-child transmission of the virus, allowed nearly eight million babies to be born free of the disease. But President Trump’s 90-day freeze of foreign aid programs and sudden stop-work orders have halted this work.

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For decades, PEPFAR has enjoyed broad bipartisan support, including from many pro-life politicians and doctors who value its effort to safeguard mothers and babies. Many of these same politicians — most notably Secretary of State Marco Rubio — are now in a position to help restore its lifesaving aid. As pro-life writers, doctors and activists, we ask Mr. Rubio and other pro-life officials and lawmakers to fully restore PEPFAR and protect babies, both born and unborn.

Every minute counts: In South Africa alone,66jogo.com a shutdown of PEPFAR aid is expected to result in the birth of 230 H.I.V.-positive babies per day.

Waivers signed in recent weeks by the Trump administration were supposed to keep some lifesaving aid going, but they haven’t been enough to fully restart operations. That’s because bank and email accounts have been locked, invoices are not being paid and there’s no way to fund ongoing work. Organizations on the ground need formal clearance to operate, but, in many cases, the U.S.A.I.D. workers who provide that clearance were placed on leave. On Friday, a federal judge ordered the temporary reinstatement of hundreds of these workers, but these programs require more stability than appeals, injunctions and stays can provide.

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