{"id":2381148,"date":"2024-12-17T18:11:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T23:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-accused-of-using-pro-abortion-bullying-tactics-against-foreign-nation\/"},"modified":"2024-12-17T18:13:10","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T23:13:10","slug":"biden-admin-accused-of-using-pro-abortion-bullying-tactics-against-foreign-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-accused-of-using-pro-abortion-bullying-tactics-against-foreign-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Admin Accused of Using &#8216;Pro-Abortion Bullying Tactics&#8217; Against Foreign Nation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-admin-accused-of-using-pro-abortion-bullying-tactics-against-foreign-nation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2381148&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses allegations that the Biden \u200dadministration is \u2062pressuring Sierra Leone\u2063 to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-announces-support-for-ending-the-filibuster-to-pass-pro-abortion-legislation\/\" title=\"Biden Announces Support for Ending the Filibuster to Pass Pro-Abortion Legislation\">pass pro-abortion legislation<\/a> in exchange for humanitarian aid. A former U.S. official claims that the\u200c administration is\u200b using &#8220;pro-abortion bullying tactics,&#8221; threatening to withhold aid unless Sierra Leone&#8217;s parliament swiftly adopts the controversial safe\u2064 Motherhood Act. while Sierra Leone&#8217;s President Julius Maada Bio supports the bill, many Sierra Leoneans oppose it due to the \u200dcountry&#8217;s religious \u200bbeliefs,\u200c with a meaningful muslim majority.The proposed law would allow \u2064abortion on demand up to 14 weeks \u2064adn even later under certain circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a U.S. foreign\u200c aid agency, reportedly has a\u2064 $480 million aid deal with Sierra Leone that is now said to\u200c be at risk if the pro-abortion\u200b legislation is not passed. MCC&#8217;s press secretary\u200c denied thes claims, stating that U.S. growth funds are not contingent on such legislation.\u200c Republican Rep. Chris Smith criticized the Biden administration&#8217;s tactics, calling them unacceptable and likening them to ideological colonialism.<\/p>\n<p>The article emphasizes the contentious nature of the situation, highlighting the potential shift in U.S. administration leadership with the upcoming Trump presidency. It argues that the Biden administration&#8217;s approach is morally questionable and politically motivated, particularly as it embarks on its final months in office.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden seems determined to do as much harm as possible on his way out of office.<\/p>\n<p>After all, why stop now?<\/p>\n<p>Citing a former U.S. government official with ties to the region, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2024\/12\/16\/ideological-colonialism-biden-admin-said-to-pressure-sierra-leone-to-legalize-abortion-on-demand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Daily Signal<\/a> reported Monday that the Biden administration has engaged in what one Republican congressman called &ldquo;pro-abortion bullying tactics&rdquo; by threatening to withhold humanitarian aid from the West African country of Sierra Leone unless that country&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">parliament swiftly adopts unpopular pro-abortion legislation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While the country&rsquo;s president, Julius Maada Bio, has said his government backs the bill, the former official said that most Sierra Leoneans oppose the legislation. This makes sense in light of their religious composition: Seventy-seven percent of Sierra Leone&rsquo;s citizens are Muslim and 22 percent are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/situation-dire-urgent-help-requested-christians-syria-nation-descends-chaos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the nation&rsquo;s laws already permit abortion to save a mother&rsquo;s life.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The proposed Safe Motherhood Act, however, would make the murder of unborn children legal up to 14 weeks for any reason and &mdash; shockingly &mdash; up to the time of birth if it&rsquo;s deemed necessary to preserve the &ldquo;mental health of the woman.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, a U.S. foreign aid agency, has agreed to a five-year, $480 million deal that would bring affordable electricity to Sierra Leoneans.<\/p>\n<p>That deal, however, now allegedly hangs in the balance. The Daily Signal described it as &ldquo;common knowledge among nongovernmental organizations&rdquo; that the MCC has threatened to withhold the aid.<\/p>\n<p>Jenel Few, MCC&rsquo;s press secretary, denied the report.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Any such legislation would be an internal matter for Sierra Leone with no U.S. government development funds made contingent on its passage,&rdquo; Few said.<\/p>\n<p>Predictably, Secretary of State <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/troubling-report-blinken-took-bidens-place-key-international-meeting-president-go-bed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anthony Blinken<\/a> chairs the MCC&rsquo;s board of directors. Blinken did not respond to a request for comment, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-administration-pressuring-african-country-adopt-lax-abortion-laws-exchange-foreign-aid-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/chrissmith.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=413462\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> issued Monday, Republican Rep. Chris Smith of New Jersey, Chairman of the House Global Health and Global Human Rights Subcommittee, excoriated the Biden administration for its reported attempt at ideological extortion.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is deeply disturbing, but not terribly surprising, that we are hearing reports that the Biden Administration is threatening to withhold foreign assistance to Sierra Leone unless legislators there pass the deceptively named &lsquo;Safe Motherhood Act&rsquo; legislation that would legalize abortion in Sierra Leone, a country that currently protects unborn life,&rdquo; Smith wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Smith then likened <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-says-biden-administration-keeping-big-secret-drone-sightings-something-strange-going\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden administration<\/a> officials to others who have invaded the African continent with nefarious motives.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Biden Administration&rsquo;s pro-abortion bullying tactics and raw attempt at ideological colonialism is unacceptable. Abortion always ends the life of the unborn baby and harms the mother,&rdquo; the congressman wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Pro-life countries should be celebrated and respected for protecting unborn children and their mothers &mdash; not penalized by a pro-abortion lame-duck Biden Administration,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mi-dems-push-national-popular-vote-in-final-moments-of-power\/\" title=\"MI Dems Push National Popular Vote In Final Moments Of Power\">lame duck&#038;rdquo<\/a>; aspect of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bidens-statement-wisconsin-christian-school-shooting-contains-two-major-problems\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden&rsquo;s<\/a> attempt at ideological extortion makes an already hideous story even worse.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the unnamed former government official told The Daily Signal that the MCC regards President-elect Donald Trump&rsquo;s imminent return to the White House as a looming deadline.<\/p>\n<p>To be sure, the second Trump administration might review foreign aid in general. But it certainly will not tie existing foreign aid agreements to domestic pro-abortion legislation.<\/p>\n<p>Only the Biden administration would have the chutzpah to do something that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tucker-carlson-warns-america-biden-administration-committing-evil-thing-ever-seen-lifetime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">evil on its way out the door<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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According to a former U.S. official connected to the area, The Daily Signal reported that the Biden administration has employed what a Republican congressman termed \u201cpro-abortion bullying tactics\u201d by threatening to cut humanitarian aid to Sierra Leone unless its parliament quickly passes unpopular pro-abortion legislation. Although President Julius Maada Bio claims his government supports the bill, most Sierra Leoneans reportedly oppose it due to their religious demographics\u201477% Muslim and 22% Christian. Current laws already allow abortion only when necessary to save a mother&#8217;s life. The proposed Safe Motherhood Act would legalize abortion for any reason up to 14 weeks and even until birth if deemed necessary for the woman&#8217;s mental health. Meanwhile, a $480 million deal from the Millennium Challenge Corporation aimed at providing affordable electricity in Sierra Leone is now allegedly at risk due to these threats of aid withdrawal, although MCC&#8217;s press secretary denied such claims. Republican Rep. Chris Smith criticized this approach as ideological extortion and likened it to historical invasions of Africa with harmful intentions, asserting that pro-life nations should be respected rather than penalized by a departing administration pushing for abortion rights<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2381149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Sierra-Leone-President-.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32502,38202,36493,36160,10495],"class_list":["post-2381148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden-administration","tag-bullying-tactics","tag-foreign-relations","tag-political-controversy","tag-pro-abortion"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Sierra-Leone-President-.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2381148"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2381152,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381148\/revisions\/2381152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2381149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2381148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2381148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2381148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}