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BTL: White House Withdrawal Of $34 Million From UN Population Fund Seen As...
...Political Ploy to Satisfy GOP's Antiabortion Faction. Between the Lines' Denise Manzari Interviews Terry O'Neill, membership vice president of National Organization for Women(NOW).
White House Withdrawal of $34 Million from UN Population Fund Seen As Political Ploy to Satisfy GOP's Antiabortion Faction
Interview with Terry O'Neill, membership vice president of National Organization for Women, by Between the Lines' Denise Manzari
On July 22, the Bush administration announced it would not contribute to the United Nations Population Fund, charging that the monies would be used to support Chinese government agencies that force women to have abortions.
Thirty-four million dollars in aid had been approved by Congress last year for the agency, and President Bush had signed the bill. During his confirmation hearing, Secretary of State Colin Powell had praised the Population Fund for its invaluable work, which provides family planning and reproductive health services in 142 countries.
Internal administration disputes within the administration about whether to withhold the money resulted in the State Department sending a fact-finding team to China last year, which found no evidence of direct United nations funds being used in governmental population programs.
Anti-abortion groups were pleased with the decision, but women's groups and other supporters of abortion rights say Bush is willing to use international family planning assistance as a political tool.
Terry O'Neill is membership vice president at the National Organization for Women. She spoke with Between The Lines' Denise Manzari about the effects she fears Mr. Bush's decision will have on women and their families by denying them cost-effective health intervention.
For more information, call NOW at (202) 628-8665 or visit their Web site at www.NOW.org
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Interview with Terry O'Neill, membership vice president of National Organization for Women, by Between the Lines' Denise Manzari
On July 22, the Bush administration announced it would not contribute to the United Nations Population Fund, charging that the monies would be used to support Chinese government agencies that force women to have abortions.
Thirty-four million dollars in aid had been approved by Congress last year for the agency, and President Bush had signed the bill. During his confirmation hearing, Secretary of State Colin Powell had praised the Population Fund for its invaluable work, which provides family planning and reproductive health services in 142 countries.
Internal administration disputes within the administration about whether to withhold the money resulted in the State Department sending a fact-finding team to China last year, which found no evidence of direct United nations funds being used in governmental population programs.
Anti-abortion groups were pleased with the decision, but women's groups and other supporters of abortion rights say Bush is willing to use international family planning assistance as a political tool.
Terry O'Neill is membership vice president at the National Organization for Women. She spoke with Between The Lines' Denise Manzari about the effects she fears Mr. Bush's decision will have on women and their families by denying them cost-effective health intervention.
For more information, call NOW at (202) 628-8665 or visit their Web site at www.NOW.org
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www.wpkn.org/wpkn/news/btl080202.html
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"Between the Lines," WPKN 89.5 FM's weekly radio news magazine can be
heard Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m. ET; Wednesdays at 8 a.m. ET and Saturdays
at 2 p.m. ET (Wednesday's show airs at 7:30 a.m. ET during fundraising
months of April and October)
*
Between The Lines is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a CD, "News &
Views That Corporate Media Exclude". See BTL's website for promotional
announcement at:
www.btlonline.org
*
For an email subscription of "Between The Lines Q&A," which features a
weekly "Between The Lines" interview excerpt, write btlsummary-subscribe-AT-topica.email-publisher.com
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betweenthelines-AT-snet.net
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© 2002 Between the Lines C/O WPKN Radio, Bridgeport, Connecticut USA.
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