Repeal the Helms Amendment and authorize U.S. foreign assistance for comprehensive reproductive health care services, including abortion services, training, and equipment.
Commitment kind: outcome. Promised action: Advance the Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act to repeal the Helms Amendment.. Promised outcome: U.S. foreign assistance can support comprehensive reproductive health care services, including abortion services, training, and equipment.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. U.S. Representative for Massachusetts's 7th District; 2026 congressional press release on reintroducing the Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act.
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The Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act would repeal the Helms Amendment and replace it with language authorizing U.S. foreign assistance for comprehensive reproductive health care services, including abortion services, training, and equipment.
Pressley's office said the reintroduced Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act would repeal the Helms Amendment and allow U.S. foreign assistance to support comprehensive reproductive health care, including abortion-related services, training, and equipment.
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“Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) – alongside Representatives Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Diana DeGette (CO-01), Norma Torres (CA-35), Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) – reintroduced the Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act”
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Within the 30-day lookback window, Pressley announced renewed legislation to repeal Helms and expand foreign-assistance support for abortion care, showing continued effort but not enactment.
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“Last Action Date Listed September 24, 2026 ... Ms. Schakowsky (for herself, Ms. Pressley, ... ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs”
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): GovInfo lists H.R. 10600 as introduced with Pressley as a cosponsor and referred to committee, indicating the claim has not been delivered through enacted legislation.
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“Section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151b) is amended-- (1) in subsection (f)-- (A) by striking paragraph (1)”
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The introduced bill text directly targets the Helms Amendment provision, matching the repeal component of the commitment but remaining only an introduced bill.
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“funds made available to carry out this part may be used to provide comprehensive reproductive health care services, including abortion services, training, and equipment.”
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The bill text contains the promised authorization for foreign assistance to support abortion services, training, and equipment, but the bill has not advanced beyond introduction/referral.
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“None of the funds made available to carry out subchapter I of this chapter may be used to pay for the performance of abortions as a method of family planning or to motivate or coerce any person to practice abortions.”
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The U.S. Code still contained the Helms restriction shortly before the latest bill introduction, supporting an unresolved assessment when paired with the bill’s committee-only status.
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“Congresswomen Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) ... and Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) ... today introduced the Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act of 2020, the first-ever legislation to repeal the Helms Amendment and expand abortion access globally.”
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Pressley pursued the commitment during her first House term by introducing the 2020 version, but introduction alone did not deliver repeal or authorization.