I agree that we should be putting as much money as possible into the hands of African groups as possible, but why not take it a step further? Instead of setting up a system where we are basically ideologically driven abortion dealers, we should be helping Africa help itself (so that, in the future, women need less abortions and we don't need to send money at all).

We've been micromanaging the native reservations for years. The government spends a lot of money, the natives are still getting screwed and it hasn't worked out that well for either party. Why would foreign aid be any different?

Western influence should be limited to providing/overseeing/auditing the money. Let the Africans choose how to spend it. My guess? Most would prefer improving sex education to providing abortions.

If we are going to just send them band aid solutions - send food and medicine.