Obama to fund forced abortions
De-funded during the Bush Administration, US money for the UN Population Fund
that supports China's policy of coercive abortion will flow again during the
Obama Administrations, say supporters.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Supporters of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) are confident that
President-elect Barack Obama will reverse the Bush administration's 2002
decision to stop the $40 million it received in U.S. funding. The policy was
instated because of UNFPA's support for China's one-child policy, which
includes coercive abortion practices.
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D - N.Y.) said the funding will be approved by the
Democratic majority Congress. Her comments came while speaking Wednesday at a
press conference at the National Press Club where the 2008 U.N. report on world
population was released.
"You know the president will have to do nothing," said Maloney. "He will just
have to let the will of Congress go through. One of the changes is that UNFPA
will be funded," CNSNews.com reports.
The Bush administration in 2002 had stopped funding the organization, citing
the Kemp-Kasten Amendment which prohibits funds from being available to
organizations or programs determined to be supporting or participating in
coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization programs.
In July of 2008, Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte announced that for
the sixth year in a row, the government had determined that "UNFPA provides
support for and participates in the management of the Chinese government's
program of coercive abortion and involuntary sterilization."
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Rep. Maloney reported that she discusses UNFPA funding controversies in her
book "Rumors of Our Progress are Greatly Exaggerated." She said the UNFPA was
founded "with American leadership" and "was supported strongly by George Bush's
father."
The new UN report, "Reaching Common Ground: Culture, Gender and Human Rights,"
calls for "cultural sensitivity" to "mitigate and overcome cultural resistance
to couples and individuals using modern contraception." It claims to prepare
for the empowerment of women with control over their fertility.
Nevertheless, Rep. Maloney claimed the U.S. will no longer "impose our own
ideology" under the UNFPA funding changes.
She said Obama "has already said his administration will change the way we do
business in Washington and that improving the role of women around the world is
going to be one of his prominent priorities.
"I am thrilled with this report, and I am really thrilled at the new direction
of our government," Maloney said, according to CNSNews.com.
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