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Chris Smith: Defund UNFPA, unless and until UNFPA stops supporting or participating in the management of a program of coercive…

On the recordDecember 2, 2015
Defund UNFPA, unless and until UNFPA stops supporting or participating in the management of a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization in China, in violation of the 1985 Kemp-Kasten Amendment.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith calls for defunding UNFPA due to its support for coercive abortion practices in China.

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