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Thursday, August 28, 2003
How can we let these people run our country?
U.S. Cuts Off Financing for AIDS Program, Provoking Furor: "The State Department has discontinued financing for a small but well-regarded AIDS program for African and Asian refugees because it contends that one of the groups involved in the project supports forced abortions and involuntary sterilization in China, officials said this week. "
Now State admits that they have "no evidence to suggest" that the organizaion is involved in forced abortions or involuntary sterilization. The group itself (Marie Stopes Internationa) says it has been trying to work to end forced abortions in China. But they're out $34M in funding anyway.
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