Obama To Fund U.N.'s Global Family Planning

WASHINGTON -- US president-elect Barack Obama will lift a freeze on funding for global family planning programs imposed by the outgoing administration, a US lawmaker said Wednesday. "We are about to see major cultural change in Washington," Democratic lawmaker Carolyn Maloney told reporters at the launch of the UN population agency's (UNFPA) annual State of World Population report. "One big change is that UNFPA will be funded," added the congresswoman to applause.
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Posted by Editor at November 13, 2008 08:18 AM