Redirection of $34 million from UNFPA to USAID a 'stab in the back'
AMERICAN LIFE LEAGUE NEWSROOM
June 23, 2002
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"President Bush's recent decision to redirect $34 million in government funds from the United Nations' abortion coercion activities in China to USAID's abortifacient 'contraceptives' program is a purely political move with no consistency behind it," said Judie Brown, president of American Life League. "What he has given to pro-lifers with one hand, he has taken away with the other." Congress allocated up to $34 million in international family planning funds to the United Nations Population Fund. President Bush held back the funds when the UNFPA's participation in the coercive abortion and sterilization policies of the Chinese government was revealed. After eight months of deliberation, President Bush denied funding. Instead of redirecting funds to a worthier cause, the president chose to continue the UNFPA legacy by allocating the money to the USAID Child Survival and Health Program Fund. This fund includes money for "forecasting, purchasing, and supplying contraceptive commodities and other materials necessary for reproductive health programs." "These 'contraceptive commodities' are nothing but abortion-inducing chemicals that kill the very children that the fund claims to help," said Mrs. Brown. "President Bush made a good decision to deny the UNFPA American taxpayer money for forced abortions, but turned right around and stabbed us in the back by giving the $34 million to USAID." Release issued: 23 Jul 02 ©2002 American Life League, Inc.
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