U.S. spending for population control has gone up dramatically In the last 3 yearsfrom $325 million in fiscal year 1992 to about $550 million in fiscal year 1995even in a time when money has been generally tight and many Federal expenditures have stayed level or declined. Even aside from concerns about the abortion issue. the Clinton administration has been giving disproportionate emphasis to population control as a solution to all problems. Our first foreign aid priorities should be programs that save the lives of children. protect refugees who are fleeing persecution. and create free and selfsustaining economic systems for people in emerging nations. The logic of disproportionate spending on population control seems to be that people will not need help if they are not around. Not only is this policy morally questionable. but it will not work.
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