Rumor Mill: UNFPA Likely Target for Plan B Backlash
If I were President Bush, the world would be a better place. No, no, no that’s not what I meant to say. If I were President Bush and had just pissed off my social conservative base with Plan B, I would be looking for something to appease them. What could be easier than the other whipping child issue – UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund. Look for the Administration’s coming decision to once again block the funds that Congress intended for UNFPA – funds for contraception, HIV prevention and safe deliveries to the world’s poorest countries. Look, too, for the decision to be based on the need to create political cushion rather than any sort of substance.
If I were President Bush, the world would be a better place. No, no, no that’s not what I meant to say. If I were President Bush and had just pissed off my social conservative base with Plan B, I would be looking for something to appease them. What could be easier than the other whipping child issue – UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund. Look for the Administration’s coming decision to once again block the funds that Congress intended for UNFPA – funds for contraception, HIV prevention and safe deliveries to the world’s poorest countries. Look, too, for the decision to be based on the need to create political cushion rather than any sort of substance.