Catholic Relief Service (CRS) does NOT fund contraception or abortion. Nor does it give to groups which do. However, many Catholics (such as Dr. Kopp) are scandalized by CRS’ cooperation with groups which do not share the Catholic Church’s values.
One such funding recipient is CARE International. No fund were used to provide abortions or contraception, but CARE International President Helene Gayle lobbied the U.S. Senate to overturn the pro-life Mexico City Policy. This is not even a case where funds given to one “benign” pocket prevent withdrawals from that pocket by a more sinister pocket, as is usually the case when dealing with funding controversies. Every penny given to CARE International was another penny spent on truly humanitarian purposes. But the funding of CARE International as an intermediary, nonetheless, burninshes CARE’s reputation and prestige, which CARE has then used for evil purposes.
The Catholic Church has been the standard-bearer for opposing artificial contraception. No other major church in America opposed contraception in the 1970s. But it is infected with liberals and compromisers, and cleaning up relationships between Catholic humanitarian agencies and liberal-promoting outside organizations such as CARE is the outward sign of the great and critical power struggle within the American episcopacy.
“Catholic Relief Services gave over $13 million to pro-abortion group in 2012 LifeSite News 7-10-13
“Our pro-life educational and advocacy work is severely hampered, to the detriment of untold numbers of our brothers and sisters in the developing world, when groups like CARE can say that they enjoy a good working relationship with the Catholic Church,” said Fr. Shenan Boquet, president of Human Life International. He said this is the case “even if behind the scenes one finds that no Catholic money goes directly to their anti-life projects.”
The key weasel word there is “directly”. Money is fungible, what is not spent one place can be used elsewhere.
It's like giving money to a political party and saying it doesn't benefit a party candidate.