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Congressional Republicans are looking to put together a $14 billion Israel aid package—by cutting IRS funding.

The reauthorization of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), America’s global initiative to combat HIV, was one of the casualties of the fight to circumvent a government shutdown, with certain authorizations for the program expiring last month. The program can continue to operate into next year with preapproved funding, but advocates worry the…

As DFAT drafts its next international gender strategy, abortion must be named as a priority, say Bettina Baldeschi, Daile Kelleher and Anu Kumar.

(RNS) — Many faith-based organizations opposed to abortion are fighting for PEPFAR, an AIDS program that some Republicans now claim provides abortion services.

This policy watch provides an overview of the current debate and key questions related to abortion surrounding the fourth reauthorization of PEPFAR.

Pressure is mounting on the GOP-majority House to pass a reauthorization of the U.S.’s long-term global HIV initiative, but the lawmaker holding up the legislation is showing no signs of moving. Former President George W. Bush, who launched the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in 2003, called on Congress to pass a…

Establishment Republicans rally to rescue global HIV-AIDS program.

PEPFAR has navigated more than just the AIDS epidemic. We need it now more than ever, so Congress needs to act.

Establishment Republicans rally to rescue global HIV-AIDS program.

George W. Bush’s PEPFAR program saved tens of millions of lives. Abortion politics could end it.