On the recordSeptember 4, 1997
Our amendment marks a significant turn in the seemingly endless debate about the Mexico City Policy. Under our amendment, the supporters of voluntary family planning programs would accept the Mexico City Policy but would apply it only to organizations that promote abortion as a method of family planning. We would accept the restrictions blocking funds to organizations which lobby for or against abortion laws but would apply this restriction only to organizations that promote abortion as a method of family planning. Most important, we agree to cut off all funds to the U.N. Population Fund if the fund restarts any program in China. As we all know, we have worked tirelessly on behalf of human rights in China, many of us have done that, and I have joined the gentleman from New Jersey and the gentlewoman from California on countless efforts to help the victims of human rights abuses in China.
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