Planned Parenthood Wants Obama to Fund Group
Tied to China's One-Child Policy
Obama Expected to Restore Funding to UNFPA
Planned Parenthood has sent an email to supporters saying it wants Obama to restore funding to a group that supports China's one-child policy.
LifeNews.com has reported that Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards sent an email to supporters listing things the group wants Obama to do once he takes office. Among them is to restore $34 million in tax-payer funds to the United Nations Population Fund, which lost the money over its ties to China's coercive population control program.
Although UNFPA has denied involvement with China's programs, investigators said the group worked alongside Chinese family planning officials. China's program includes forced abortions and sterilizations as well as using coercive measures to force people to submit to the program. The Bush administration also recently denied funding to Marie Stopes International, another abortion advocacy group, over connections to China.
Richards also said Planned Parenthood is "acting quickly to overturn any dangerous last-minute anti-choice regulations that the lame-duck Bush administration may seek to put in place."
Observers say Obama is expected to restore funding to UNFPA and other abortion advocacy groups. As a senator, he also voted to overturn the Mexico City Policy, which prevents taxpayer money from being used to promote or perform abortions in other countries.