Proposed Budget Cuts Could Imperil International Family Planning Assistance

The House Republican leadership has proposed freezing non-security discretionary spending this year at the 2008 level.  If applied to international family planning assistance, the proposed cut would dramatically reduce U.S. support for international family planning assistance.   Under the terms of the “continuing resolution” now in effect, the U.S. is currently spending $648 million, a 40 percent increase above the 2008 level.  The House Republican Study Group, supported by 185 House members, has proposed rolling back appropriations to the 2006 level, an even steeper cut.  As the current budget resolution only extends until March 4, 2011, the new Congress will be forced to take action soon on the budget.

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