UNFPA still working

Despite the Bush Administration's refusal to commit funding to the UNFPA--the UN agency that provides adequate healthcare services women and the poor worldwide--the critical work of the agency continues. The U.S. historically allotted $32 million USD annually to the UNFPA, but one of Bush's first actions as president involved reinstating the global gag rule, and subsequently eliminating funding to the UNFPA. In 2002, Washington cut 34 million dollars; in 2003, 25 million dollars; and in 2004 and 2005, 34 million dollars each. The cuts were prompted by a misconceived charge that UNFPA was supporting and promoting abortions in China -- a view strongly held by neo-conservatives and right wing Christian fundamentalists who are strong political supporters of Bush. Pissed off? Do something.