Andrea Joy Campbell: “My colleagues, we have heard the fundamental problem with the Smith amendment. It is not simply Mexico City. It…”

“My colleagues, we have heard the fundamental problem with the Smith amendment. It is not simply Mexico City. It terminates all United States contribution to all family planning around the world, in Africa, in Latin America, in Indonesia, in desperately poor parts of this world, all of it, if the U.N. spends a dime for family planning in China. It was crafted with that intention and it is cruel and wrong. For whatever motive we have regarding China, to punish the destitute, the poor, the needy in Africa and Latin America, compassion suggests a ``no'' vote on the Smith amendment and a ``yes'' vote on the Campbell- Greenwood-Lowey amendment.”