Congress Prepares for Battle Over UN Population Fund Money

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Most Republicans and a handful of conservative Democrats are expected to strip the UNFPA of funding when the vote takes place, but Dixon said he wasn't willing to concede defeat.

Last week, abortion supporters won a vote in the Senate when Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) managed to add a provision to a foreign assistance bill that would reverse the so-called "Mexico City Policy," an executive order that blocks money for organizations that promote or perform abortions. ---

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Background on the Crowley Provision in the Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2004 and 2005 (H.R. 1950)

On May 8, 2003, the House International Relations Committee adopted an amendment offered by Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-NY) that would facilitate U.S. contributions to UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund. A vote is scheduled on the House floor on Tuesday July 15.

The Crowley provision clarifies current law under the "Kemp-Kasten" amendment that was first adopted in 1985 and bars U.S. funds to any international organization the president determines "supports or participates in the management" of forced abortion or sterilization. Crowley's proposal: 1) provides strict safeguards against the use of any kind of coercion in U.S.-funded family planning programs, 2) clarifies current law to enable U.S. funding to be used to help end coercion in China, and 3) provides badly needed maternal health and other services in poor countries.

Under the Crowley provision, U.S. support for the United Nations Population Fund is cut off if the fund "directly supports or participates in coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization." ---

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