WASHINGTON, June 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Population Research Institute, along
with a coalition of over 140 groups, representing millions of Americans and
many worldwide, urge President Bush in the following letter not to fund the
UNFPA because of its continuing support of China's coercive abortion policy:
June 20, 2002
President George W. Bush
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear President Bush:
We understand that a State Department delegation recently investigated
UNFPA's involvement in China's coercive one-child policy.
This delegation was preceded by what appears to have been two
international whitewashes of forced abortion in China.
We have grave concerns about the State Department investigation. The
Chinese government agreed to receive this delegation. It was likely monitored
by the Chinese government throughout the duration of its investigation. The
delegation provided twenty-four hours notice of its travel plans to the
Chinese. This was more than enough time for the Chinese government to have
alerted officials of their coming, and for cover stories of "voluntarism" to
be in place.
The purpose of the delegation is to provide you, Mr. President, with
information to determine if U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) activities in China
violate the Kemp-Kasten amendment. This amendment prohibits U.S. funds from
going to groups that support or manage programs of forced abortion and non-
voluntary sterilization overseas.
In making your decision, we urge you to use the original interpretation of
Kemp-Kasten. Two previous Presidents, Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush,
determined that UNFPA activities in China alone were sufficient to render
UNFPA ineligible to receive U.S. funds.
We have additional concerns about the flawed reinterpretation of Kemp-
Kasten established by President Bill Clinton designed to circumvent federal
protections against U.S. taxpayer support of forced abortion programs abroad.
Sadly, this flawed reinterpretation -- supported only by written statements
from China and the UNFPA which allege that UNFPA is involved only in regions
in China where coercion does not exist -- has received subsequent concurrence
from U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, in a State Department memo dated
February 2, 2001.
Both the Chinese State Family Planning Commission (SFPC) and the United
Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) claim that coercion does not exist in thirty-
two county family planning programs supported and jointly managed by the UNFPA
in China. (Sources: "Reproductive Health/Family Planning Project," CPR/98/PO1,
The Project Office of the State Family Planning Commission, UNFPA; "UNFPA's
County Program in China: Providing Quality Care, Protecting Human Rights,"
UNFPA, August 10, 2001.)
However, from September 27-30, 2001, a team of independent investigators
from Population Research Institute recorded audio- and videotaped testimonies
of victims and witnesses of coercion in UNFPA's "model" county program in
Sihui, Guandong Province, PRC. More than two-dozen victims and witnesses said
that coercion, only coercion and nothing but coercion, exists in this UNFPA
county program in China, in which the SFPC and the UNFPA have expressed in
writing that they "work together."
China's one-child policy is coercive. UNFPA clearly supports this program,
which is implemented through forced abortion and non-voluntary sterilization,
and is therefore in violation of Kemp-Kasten.
We urge you, Mr. President, to be very careful when reviewing the findings
of the State Department delegation, and to defund UNFPA because of its
continuing support of the coercive population program in China.
Sincerely,
POPULATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Steve Mosher
President
FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL
Connie Mackey
Vice President for Governmental Affairs
FEMINISTS FOR LIFE
Serrin M. Foster
President
CONCERNED WOMEN FOR AMERICA
Sandy Rios
President
THE SALVATION ARMY
Commissioner John Busby
National Commander
SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION
Shannon Royce
Director of Government Relations & Legislative Counsel Ethics &
Religious Liberty Commission
FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
Thomas Jacobson
Manager United Nations Department
AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION
Donald E. Wildmon
Chairman
CHRISTIAN COALITION OF AMERICA
Roberta Combs
President
THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF UNBORN CHILDREN (London, England)
John Smeaton
National Director
TRADITIONAL VALUES COALITION
Andrea Lafferty
Executive Director
CATHOLIC FAMILY AND HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTE
Austin Ruse
President
THE BEVERLY LAHAYE INSTITUTE
Janice Shaw Crouse, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow
COALITIONS FOR AMERICA
Paul M. Weyrich
National Chairman
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM COALITION
William J. Murray
President
FAMILY PROTECTION LOBBY
Douglas Stiegler
Executive Director
FAMILY ACTION ALLIANCE
Charles A. Donovan
Executive Director
KIDS FIRST COALITION
Penny Young Nance
President
THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF EPISCOPALIANS FOR LIFE (NOEL) Georgette
Forney
Executive Director
INSTITUTE FOR THE PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Gladys A. Sweeney, Ph.D.
President and Dean
TRADITION, FAMILY, PROPERTY, INC.
C. Preston Noell III
President
COUNCIL FOR AMERICA
Ron Pearson
President
CHAVAGNES INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE, France
Ferdi McDermott
President.
CAMPAIGN LIFE COALITION CANADA
Jim Hughes
President
HUMANAE VITAE HOUSE (Braemar, Scotland)
Rev. James Morrow
NATIONAL ABSTINENCE CLEARINGHOUSE
Leslee Unruh
President and Founder
CLEVELAND RIGHT TO LIFE
Daniel P. Coyne
President
URBAN FAMILY
William T. Devlin
President
THE FAMILY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF WISCONSIN
Julaine K. Appling
Executive Director
CHRISTIAN CIVIC LEAGUE OF MAINE
Mike Heath
Director
LAKE COUNTY RIGHT TO LIFE
Dawn E. Slike
President
PRO-LIFE EDUCATION AMERICA, Hawaii
Jason Jones
President
LIFE SOURCE MINISTRIES
Phil Magnan
Executive Director
THE EDITH STEIN FOUNDATION
Dominic Pedulla, MD
President
CHURCHES UNITING FOR LIFE
Pat Collins
Founder
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRO-LIFE SOCIETY (England)
Clare Devlin
Chairman
THE SAINT AUSTIN PRESS, London England
LIFESITE NEWS (Canada)
John-Henry Westen
Editor
THE INTERIM (Canada's Pro-life, Pro-family Newspaper)
Paul Tuns
Editor
THE VOICE OF LIFE MAGAZINE, Poland
Alicja Babkiewicz
CORNERSTONE TELEVISION
Richard J. Simmons
Correspondent
AVE MARIA SCHOOL OF LAW
Dr. Bruce P. Frohnen
Assistant Professor
CENTER FOR BIO-ETHICAL REFORM
Gregg Cunningham
CATHOLIC FAMILY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
Timothy A. Chichester
President
FAMILY TAXPAYERS NETWORK
Jack Roeser
President
EXPECTANT MOTHER CARE, NYC
Chris Slattery
President
SOUTHEAST MACOMB RIGHT TO LIFE
Andrea Trella
Legislative Director
PRO-LIFE ACTION MINISTRIES
Brian Gibson
Executive Director
FREEDOM, JUSTICE AND PEACE SOCIETY
James S. Mulholland, Jr.
President
AMERICAN LIFE LEAGUE
Judie Brown
President
MORGAN COUNTY WEST VIRGINIANS FOR LIFE
Jim Fritz
Director
WOMEN FOR THE THIRD MILLENNIUM
Patricia M. Sherk
Director
PRO CONSCIENTIA e.V.
Hermann Schneider
Vorsitzender
HUMAN LIFE OF WASHINGTON
Dan L Kennedy
C.E.O.
THE FITCH FERTILITY CENTER, SAN DIEGO
Maria Gonzales
Natural Family Planning Instructor
UK ONLINE PRO-LIFE MOVEMENT
Patrick Leahy
Founder
SAINT ATHANASIUS PARISH, MOUNTAIN VIEW CALIFORNIA
Anne Eich
Respect Life Committee
LIFE CENTER OF NEW YORK, Inc.
Miguel I. Prado
Director
VOTE FOR LIFE FIRST CAMPAIGN
Darla and Michael Meyers
LEPANTO 2000
Toni Whittacker
Founder
GOOD COUNSEL HOMES
Christopher Bell
President & Executive Director
ASOCIACION VIDA Y FAMILIA (Arequipa, Peru)
Luis A. Aubert Rodriguez
Secretario Administrativo
NEEDY MOTHERS SUPPORT GROUP (Staten Island, NY)
Richard J. Martino
Director
MADONNA HOUSE, Inc.
Rebecca Blonski
UNION OF THE NATIONS OF EUROPEAN CHRISTIANS
Win Wuermeling
Secretary General
PRO-LIFE KENYA
Reverend Professor R. Wanjohi
Director
INTERFAITH COMMITTEE FOR LIFE
Reverend Mark V. Taheny
Chairman
PENNSYLVANIANS FOR HUMAN LIFE
Maureen Ace
President
UNITED FAMILIES INTERNATIONAL
Sharon Slater
President
FUNDACION SI A LA VIDA, (El Salvador)
Julia Regina de Cardenal
President
LATINOS FOR LIFE AND FAMILY OF DELAWARE
Maarta Maria C. Pelypec
CONNECTICUT RIGHT TO LIFE CORP.
Robert E. Muckle Sr.
President
CITIZENS FOR A PROLIFE SOCIETY (Wisconsin)
Mrs. Linda Schmidt
President
STATEN ISLAND RIGHT TO LIFE COMMITTEE
Christopher A. Pearson
SAN JOAQUIN PROLIFE COUNCIL
Sara Blicharz
Chair
MIDDLESEX COUNTY RIGHT TO LIFE
OUR LADY OF LOURDES PRO-LIFE GROUP
Milltown, NJ
CALDWELL RIGHT TO LIFE (Ohio)
Amos Day
SAINT THOMAS CATHOLIC CHURCH (Philo, IL)
Fr. Dwight P. Campbell, J.D.
Pastor
NEW HOPE LUTHERANS FOR LIFE
Carol A. Strosinski
Secretary
LUTHERANS FOR LIFE OF ILLINOIS
LAKE SUPERIOR LUTHERANS FOR LIFE
Arlo Peterson
Treasurer
CATHOLICVOTE.org
Larry Cirignano, Esq.
President
PRO-LIFE MARYLAND
Ray Szyperski
RIGHT TO LIFE OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
Ed Hurlbutt, President
LEGAL CENTER FOR THE DEFENSE OF LIFE
Richard F. Collier, Jr., Esq.
President
NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING OF NAPLES
Angela Connor
Teacher
INSTITUTE FOR PREGNANCY LOSS (Stratham, New Hampshire)
Vincent M. Rue, Ph.D. & Susan Stanford-Rue, Ph.D.
Co-Directors
NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING SUPPORT GROUP
Rose Mary Danforth
AMERICAN FAMILY DEFENSE COALITION of Central Coast
Pat Riehle
Santa Maria, CA
INTERNATIONAL POPULATION AND FAMILY ASSOCIATION
Charles M. Cargille, M.D.
President
MISSOURI RIGHT TO LIFE (Western Region)
Alexandra Colbert
PLEASE LET ME LIVE
Royce Dunn
President
LIFE CHAIN
HOLY INNOCENTS REPARANTION COMMITTEE
Kenneth Fisher, Founder & Chairman
CONCERNED ROMAN CATHOLICS OF AMERICA
WYOMING VALLEY RESCUE GROUP
Joseph F. O'Hara
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
James L. Robinson
WYANDOTTE RIGHT TO LIFE (Michigan)
Ed Kroll
President
MIRACLE OF THE ROSARY MISSION, Inc. (Louisiana)
Darrell Bennett
President
SAN MATEO PRO-LIFE
Gloria Gillogley
Chairman
ALFA ALLIANCE FOR PROTECTING UNBORN, NEW-BORN BABIES, CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES (Hungary)
Imre Teglasy, PhD.
Founder
GUADALUPE ASSOCIATION (Zimbabwe)
Ela Chihambakwe,
Administrator
MILLENNIUM EVANGELIZATION PROJECT
Janet E. Smith
Chairman
HUMAN LIFE INTERNATIONAL
Dr. Brian Clowes, Ph.D.
Director of Research
SAINT MARY'S COUNTY RIGHT TO LIFE (Maryland)
Virginia Pontzer
President
RHODE ISLAND STATE RIGHT TO LIFE COMMITTEE
PRO-LIFE MICHIGAN
Cal Zastrow
COLUMBIA CHRISTIANS FOR LIFE
Steve Lefemine
Director
CONSTITUTION PARTY OF WISCONSIN
Daniel M. Hoyt
Chairman
CRITTENDEN COUNTY RIGHT TO LIFE (RTL Chapter Kentucky)
James J. Mathieu
President
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FAMILY AND LIFE ADVOCATES
Thomas A. Glessner, JD
President
LIFE ADVOCACY RESOURCE PROJECT, Inc.
Penny Pullen
President
ALABAMA CITIZENS FOR LIFE
Bill Klein
TRUE LOVE WAITS _ Kenya
David Odera
Executive Director
AMERICA 21
Tom Smith, Esq.
BREAST CANCER PREVENTION INSTITUTE
Dr. Joel Brind, Ph.D.
President
PRO-LIFE, Cape Town
South Africa
HUMAN LIFE INTERNATIONAL (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Dr. Claude E. Newbury
President
SOUTHERN CROSS BIOETHICS INSTITUTE, Adelaide South Australia
Dr John I Fleming
Director
NEXT GENERATION (Australia)
Margaret Instance
President
CONSTITUTION PARTY OF NORTH CAROLINA
Michael Harrison
Secretary
THE WOMEN'S CENTER OF LAFAYETTE, LA
Brenda Desormeaux
President
RIGHT TO LIFE LEAGUE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Pasadena, California
NEART (Pro-Women's Rights, Pro-Family and Pro-Life Coalition, Ireland)
Patrick G. Buckley
YOUTH FOR LIFE FOR BASQUE COUNTRY, Spain
Rut Cazorla
Executive Director,
Noemi Cazorla
Secretary
COMMENT ON REPRODUCTIVE ETHICS (CORE), London, England
Josephine Quintavalle
Director
POLISH FEDERATION OF PRO-LIFE MOVEMENTS, Poland
Dr. Pawel Wosicki
President
SAINT PAUL'S HELPERS OF THE UNBORN (Germantown, Maryland)
Cathy Roth
Director
RIGHT TO LIFE / WARREN-CENTER LINE (Warren, Michigan)
Dorothy A. Nowak
President
CHRISTUS MEDICUS FOUNDATION (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan)
Michael J. O'Dea
Executive Director
ILLINOIS RIGHT TO LIFE COMMITTEE
William Beckman
Executive Director
STUDENT LIFENET (UK)
Fiona Pinto
Director
JUGEND FUR DAS LEBEN (Youth for Life), Austria
Jutta K. Lang
President
POST ABORTION HELPLINE OF MILWAUKEE, Inc. (Brookfield, Wisconsin)
Dorothy Zanoni
President
ST. JOSEPH'S MENS SOCIETY
Anthony Gonzales
President
LIFE CHAIN 2002
Sharron Albertson
Texas State Director
SOUTH ORANGE COUNTY RIGHT TO LIFE (San Clemente, California)
Tom Padberg
President
COLLEGE PROLIFE VANGUARD (Wilmington, Delaware)
Megan Burgess
Captain
SOURCE Population Research Institute
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