International federation’s Australian office urges the federal government not to slash the budget for family planning programs in its aid budgetNo Australian aid money has gone to family planning programs in countries that sell foetal tissue obtained from abortions,a key sexual and reproductive health organisation has confirmed, ahead of an expected Senate grilling on the issue this week. The head of the Australian office of the International Planned Parenthood Federation, or Johanna Wicks ,said Australia was the only country in the Asia-Pacific region that allowed for the donation of foetal tissue for medical research.
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Source: theguardian.com