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Podcast: MinistryWatch Podcast
Episode: Ep. 280: Should U.S. Reauthorize PEPFAR?
Description: The U.S. is debating the reauthorization of PEPFAR, the President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief. The 20-year-old government program has now spent more than $85 billion. PEPFAR has been championed by evangelicals, and evangelical ministries have been major beneficiaries of funding.
But should funding continue? Some conservative and evangelical groups are saying no, and others say that new restrictions should be placed on the program to ensure that taxpayer dollars do not fund abortion or abortion-adjacent programs.
In today’s MinistryWatch EXTRA episode, we look at some of the issues. This episode is based on W...