title: Public Law 100-461, Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1989, 1 October 1988.
abstract: This Act does the following among other things: 1) prohibits using funds appropriated under the Act to lobby for abortion and 2) prohibits making development assistance funds available 1) to pay for abortions as a method of family planning (FP) or to motivate or coerce any person to perform abortions; 2) to pay for involuntary sterilization as a method of FP or to coerce or provide any financial incentive to any person to undergo sterilization; 3) to pay for biomedical research that relates to the methods of, or performance of, abortions or involuntary sterilization as a means of FP; or 4) to any country or organization if the use of such funds by such country or organization would violate any of the abortion or involuntary sterilization provisions.  It also reaffirms the commitment of the US Congress to population, development assistance, and the need for informed voluntary FP.
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced; D000569:Americas; D003068:Coercion; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D016656:Family Planning Policy; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005376:Financial Management; D005380:Financing, Government; D006285:Health Planning; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D009656:North America; D011640:Public Policy; D012106:Research; D013245:Sterilization, Reproductive; D013672:Technology; D014481:United States
keywords: Abortion, Induced; Americas; Developed Countries; Development Policy; Economic Factors; Family Planning; Family Planning Policy; Family Planning Programs; Fertility Control, Postconception; Financial Activities; Financing, Government; Involuntary Fertility Control; Legislation; North America; Northern America; Policy; Population Policy; Research And Development; Social Policy; Sterilization, Sexual; Technology; United States