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The International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS in Namibia (ICW-Namibia) and the Windhoek-based Legal Assistance Centre (LAC) have documented the stories of dozens of HIV-positive women who were sterilized against their will in public hospitals.

In June 2009, LifeSiteNews broke the shocking story that African hospitals funded by the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) were using resources to force AIDS patients to be sterilized against their will. LSN reported this fact and that dozens of women had come forward to claim that PEPFAR-funded public hospitals in Namibia had forced or coerced them into “receiving tubal ligations because of their HIV-positive status”.  Fifteen of these women are now suing the Namibian government and other women continue to come forward with similar allegations.

One year after LifeSiteNews revealed this shocking revelation, a new report issued by the Inspector General (IG) for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) states that the Obama administration has recently spent over $23 million for activities in Kenya to influence voters there to support a new constitution that would authorize unlimited abortion throughout the nation.  The Obama administration tried to deny that this funding had been given to this campaign, but the facts present the exact opposite.  Rep. Chris Smith, a pro-life activist and a ranking member of the Africa and Global Health subcommittee, has been closely investigating grants that the Obama administration has provided to Kenyan groups promoting a “Yes” vote campaign for the new constitution. 

Smith said the IG’s list shows that “U.S. tax dollar monies are flying out the door to pro-abortion groups committed to overturning pro-life laws in Kenya.” Africa’s constitution currently protects both women and unborn children from abortions, but on the 4th of August 2010, the people of Africa will vote on whether or not to overturn the pro-life laws of their country. The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) said that this legislation "opens the door to abortion on demand, which is why Christian organizations that are pro-life are so opposed to that provision."

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http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/health/2010/0720/1224275071637.html