Administration withholds $34 million for U.N. family planning

Tuesday, July 23, 2002

WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration, in a victory for social conservatives who oppose abortion, will withhold $34 million that had been earmarked for U.N. family planning programs overseas. Instead, the money will go to international child survival and health programs of the U.S. Agency for International Development, officials said Monday.

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