I rise in support of the Senate amendment to the fiscal year 1990 foreign operations appropriations bill which earmarks and segregates $15 million for the United Nations Fund for Population Activities [UNFPA]. Let me emphasize at the outset that I deplore the coercive birth control policies of the Republic of China. I cannot express how much I object to either coercive sterilization or coercive abortion. The Government of China deserves our condemnation for these practices. We have already done this by voting to give preferential Immigration status to Chinese citizens who fear persecution because of their views on coercive birth control. Opponents of the $15 million account suggest that it will be used to support the Chinese program. But that simply Is not the case.
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