Population Action International Decries President Bush's Decision to Withhold U.S. Funding From U.N. Population Fund

U.S. Newswire › July 16, 2004

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WASHINGTON, July 16 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following is a statement of Amy Coen, president/CEO of Population Action International, on President Bush's decision to withhold U.S. funding from the U.N. Population Fund:

"We were hoping that President Bush would prove advocates for international family planning and reproductive health programs wrong this year and approve U.S. funding for the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA). The decision, though not unexpected, really demonstrates this administration's penchant for putting politics ahead of people and plain common sense. Most importantly, it means that countless women in developing countries will be deprived of desperately needed reproductive health care -- services that so many women in the Western world take for granted.

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Population Action International Decries President Bush's Decision to Withhold U.S. Funding From U.N. Population Fund

"It's a travesty that the Bush administration didn't follow in the steps of their Britis...

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