U.S. Refuses to Fund U.N.'s Forced Abortions
Melanie Hunter, CNSNews.com
Tuesday, July 23, 2002
In a decision that will please most conservatives, the Bush administration Monday announced it is withholding U.S. funding ($34 million) from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), which supports "family planning" programs overseas.
State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said the administration "came to the conclusion that the U.N. Population Fund monies go to Chinese agencies that carry out coercive programs."
Press reports said the money would instead go toward child survival and health programs of the U.S. Agency for International Development.
In a statement released over the weekend, the National Right to Life Committee called UNFPA "a cheerleader and facilitator for China's birth-quota program, which relies heavily on coerced abortion."
Federal law (the Kemp-Kasten Amendment) prohibits the United States from funding any organization or program involving coerced abortion or involuntary sterilization.
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