“I am all right and I am home now,” Tursun told RFA’s Uighur service. It also quoted a local population control official as saying her health was not good enough to go through with the abortion.
The episode has directed a spotlight on China’s coercive “one child” program at a time when the U.S. policy of defunding the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) because of its work in China is set to change.
UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund) logo.
The U.N. agency has lost around $240 million since President Bush in 2002 invoked legislation that denies funding for any organization supporting or participating in forced abortion or involuntary sterilization programs.
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Don’t Fund UNFPA, Lawmakers Urge, After Woman Escapes Forced Abortion
Discussion in 'Political Debate & Discussion' started by Revmitchell, Nov 19, 2008.
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Revmitchell Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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Revmitchell Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
A good question would be will the new admin restart funding for this UN program?
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The silence of those who in these threads voiced their support of Obama but not voicing their opinion on this issue...is deafening.
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just-want-peace Well-Known MemberSite Supporter