U.S. Is Accused of Trying to Isolate U.N. Population Unit (because it promotes abortion)

NY Times ^ | June 21, 2004 | CHRISTOPHER MARQUIS

[FairOpinion]

ASHINGTON, June 20 - The Bush administration, which cut off its share of financing two years ago to the United Nations agency handling population control, is seeking to isolate the agency from groups that work with it in China and elsewhere, United Nations officials and diplomats say.

Pressed by opponents of abortion, the administration withdrew its support from a major international conference on health issues this month and has privately warned other groups, like Unicef, that address health issues that their financing could be jeopardized if they insist on working with the agency, the United Nations Population Fund.

The administration also has indicated that it hopes to persuade the United Nations' Latin American caucus to back away from a common position on population and development that was adopted in Santiago, -Chile, in March on the grounds that the document's discussion of reproductive rights could be interpreted as promoting abortion.

The actions are part of an administration effort to ensure that international agencies and private groups do not promote abortions overseas. In its first days in office, the Bush administration reintroduced the Reagan-era that critics call the "global gag rule," which denies money to groups that even discuss abortion as an option, except in cases that threaten life or involve rape or incest.

[FairOpinion]

This is also part of the article, but I want to draw attention to it:

"Representative Carolyn B. Maloney, a New York Democrat at the fore of efforts to restore support to the fund, said the administration was jeopardizing programs in women's and family health that should not be considered contentious.

"When will the president's right wing be satisfied - when they close down the U.N.?" she asked, adding that the tough White House stance contrasts with its appeals to the United Nations for help in the Iraq war.

You've got it, Ms. Moloney!

[adam_az]

Sounds like a good start.

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

"When will the president's right wing be satisfied - when they close down the U.N.?"

Now your getting the picture you murdering bi^^h

[backhoe]

"When will the president's right wing be satisfied - when they close down the U.N.?"

We don't have to be that harsh-- I'd settle for

1- don't give them one more red cent of our hard-earned tax money
2- relocate them to one of their many "contingency sites" they maintain and we pay for- around the globe.

Simple, once you apply your mind to it.

[meenie]

Reagan cut off funding for UNICEF and the other abortion agencies during his administration. This stood due to Congressional resistance through the Clinton years. When GW took office, it was re-instituted and now appears to be cut off again. Better late than never.

[MainFrame65]

> "Sounds like a good start." <

Sure. Just like 1000 lawyers at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean....