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“UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND AND ABORTION” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H5097 on July 23, 2002.
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UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND AND ABORTION
(Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, the common accusation in Washington, D.C. is that we say one thing and then do another. It was back in the campaign of 2000 and in March of this year that President George W. Bush pledged to the American people that he would not permit taxpayer dollars to be used to fund abortion. Specifically, in March of this year the President said, ``I said we are not going to use taxpayer money to fund abortion. I am going to make sure we are not using taxpayer money to fund abortion.''
Yesterday the President, as has been his wont with the American people, the President once again was a man as good as his word. The State Department announced that UNFPA funding would be denied in its entirety and diverted to other children's services at the United Nations.
This institution gave more than $34 million to the United Nations Family Planning Fund, despite overwhelming evidence presented before House committees and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence that China was engaged in forced and coercive abortion practices.
I rise today to extol the President of the United States for being a man as good as his word, for standing with the American people in their fundamental belief in the dignity and the sanctity of human life.
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