Illinois U.S. Rep Jan Schakowsky: "The harmful Helms Amendment bars U.S. foreign assistance from being used to offer abortion care, even..."

By North Cook News

Jul 28, 2022

Jan Schakowsky tweeted the following:

"The harmful Helms Amendment bars U.S. foreign assistance from being used to offer abortion care, even in countries where abortion is legal. That is wrong. The US should NOT stand in the way of health care in other countries."
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Here are other recent tweets from Jan Schakowsky:

"I'm proud to lead the Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act in the House, the first ever bill to repeal the racist 49-year-old Helms Amendment. I'm grateful for @SenBooker's leadership to introduce this historic bill in the Senate. #HelmsHurts"
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"In other words: CEOs got too comfortable ripping off Americans. Its the Senates turn to pass meaningful #PriceGouging legislation. twitter.com/unrigoureconom"
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"Ive received dozens of calls from constituents who are concerned about the lack of #Monkeypox vaccines in our community. Yesterday, I joined my colleagues in calling for more resources to be directed to fighting this virus. twitter.com/RepJerryNadler" on July 26
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