Bush Administration Funding Shifts on UNFPA and USAID

Strong criticism greeted Bush administration decisions to withhold $34 million that Congress had appropriated for the UN Population Fund (UNFPA).

November 2002: Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and other lawmakers ask State Department to clarify U.S. position on international family planning.

Read the briefing packet (PDF) on the impact of eliminating the US contribution to UNFPA (Prepared by the Office of Carolyn B. Maloney as of 7/22/02)

October 2002: Ten Republican members of Congress ask USAID to rescind $65 million in funds to the Population Council for fighting HIV/AIDS.

September 2002: House Appropriations Committee earmarks UNFPA funding for fiscal 2003 and removes restrictions.

July 2002: Editorial and opinion writers chorus their disapproval after decision to de-fund UNFPA.

July 2002: Bush administration ignores experts, listens to radical anti-family planning groups in defunding UNFPA.

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