{"id":413,"date":"2011-08-24T19:50:21","date_gmt":"2011-08-24T19:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/?p=413"},"modified":"2011-08-24T19:50:21","modified_gmt":"2011-08-24T19:50:21","slug":"biden-and-obama-%e2%80%93-if-china%e2%80%99s-forced-abortion-is-%e2%80%9crepugnant%e2%80%9d-why-are-you-funding-unfpa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/biden-and-obama-%e2%80%93-if-china%e2%80%99s-forced-abortion-is-%e2%80%9crepugnant%e2%80%9d-why-are-you-funding-unfpa\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden and Obama \u2013 If China\u2019s Forced Abortion Is \u201cRepugnant,\u201d Why Are You Funding UNFPA?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This piece was originally published in the National Review Online.
\nhttp:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/275483\/mr-vice-president-can-you-second-guess-yourself-unfpa-funding-now-reggie-littlejohn<\/a><\/p>\n

Blasted with criticism, Vice President Biden is trying to take back what he said in Sichuan, China: that he \u201cfully understands\u201d China\u2019s One Child Policy, but is \u201cnot second-guessing\u201d it.\u00a0 Chastened, Biden now says that China\u2019s coercive population control program is \u201crepugnant.\u201d\u00a0 Indeed, his spokeswoman insists that the entire \u201cObama administration strongly opposes all aspects of China\u2019s coercive birth limitation policies, including forced abortion and sterilization.\u201d<\/p>\n

Words spoken before the world in an official capacity cannot be unspoken.\u00a0 The bell, once rung, cannot be un-rung.<\/p>\n

However, the Obama administration now has publicly admitted it knows that China practices forced abortion and sterilization.\u00a0 This is progress.<\/p>\n

Should we believe that this administration \u201cstrongly opposes\u201d these practices?<\/p>\n

Actions speak louder than words.\u00a0 If the Obama administration \u201cstrongly opposes\u201d forced abortion in China, then why did they restore funding to UNFPA (United Nations Family Planning Fund), an operative \u201cabortion provider\u201d in China?\u00a0 \u00a0In 2001, the U.S. cut funding to UNFPA because an investigation, headed by then Secretary of State Colin Powell, found that UNFPA was complicit in the coercive implementation of China\u2019s One Child Policy.\u00a0 In 2008, the U.S. State Department reaffirmed that determination, and yet the Obama administration resumed funding in 2009.\u00a0 President Obama\u2019s FY 2012 budget requests $47 million for UNFPA.<\/p>\n

The current administration also funds the International Planned Parenthood Federation.\u00a0 The IPPF works hand in hand with the coercive Chinese Communist population control machine. \u00a0Their website declares, \u201cThe China Family Planning<\/acronym> Association (CFPA) plays a very important role in China’s family planning<\/acronym> programme.\u00a0 It supports the present family planning<\/acronym> policy of the government . . .\u201d<\/p>\n

Funding UNFPA and IPPF is not \u201cstrong opposition\u201d to coercive family planning.\u00a0 It is support.\u00a0 At issue are the true aims behind the actions of the Obama administration.\u00a0\u00a0 Are they \u201cpro-choice,\u201d as they say, or is their real aim population control, even if coercive?<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, U.S. citizens voted to cut UNFPA funding under the new YOUCUT program.\u00a0 http:\/\/majorityleader.gov\/YouCut\/P2_W1.htm<\/a> Because of this vote, Rep. Renee Ellmers will introduce legislation to cut UNFPA, saving $400 million over the next ten years.<\/p>\n

If the Obama administration is sincere in saying it \u201cstrongly opposes . . . forced abortion and sterilization,\u201d then it will either insist that UNFPA and IPPF cease operation in China, or it will defund these organizations.<\/p>\n

To sign a petition against forced abortion in China, click here:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/index.php?nav=sign_our_petition<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This piece was originally published in the National Review Online. http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/275483\/mr-vice-president-can-you-second-guess-yourself-unfpa-funding-now-reggie-littlejohn Blasted with criticism, Vice President Biden is trying to take back what he said in Sichuan, China: that he \u201cfully understands\u201d China\u2019s One Child Policy, but is \u201cnot second-guessing\u201d … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[22,5,49,30,66,7,16,36,6,42,58,8,57,34,33,20,51,32,31,35,1,39,23,55,52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","category-china","category-chinas-one-child-policy","category-coerced-abortion","category-colin-powell","category-forced-abortion","category-forced-sterilization","category-human-dignity","category-human-rights","category-international-planned-parenthood-federation","category-joe-biden","category-one-child-policy","category-planned-parenthood","category-pro-choice","category-pro-life","category-reggie-littlejohn","category-renee-ellmers","category-reproductive-health","category-reproductive-rights","category-right-to-choose","category-uncategorized","category-unfpa","category-womens-rights","category-womens-rights-without-frontiers","category-youcut"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":418,"href":"https:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413\/revisions\/418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}