KABUL, December 4, 2002 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Deutsche Presse-Agentur reported December 1 that Germany has given the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) $493,000 to fund the “Safe Motherhood Initiative” in Afghanistan. Notably, the Safe Motherhood project includes the pro-abortion groups International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
A list of “Essential Services” under the 'Safe Motherhood' program includes abortion. On the project's website a list of seven essential services includes: “Management of abortion complications, postabortion care and, where abortion is not against the law, safe services for the termination of pregnancy.”
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