Chinese Ambassador Slams President Trump’s Pro-Life Policies at UN

A sharp exchange between the United States and China erupted at the United Nations this week, as China’s ambassador criticized President Donald Trump’s pro-life policies, particularly his decision to defund the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

The confrontation highlighted deepening tensions over global abortion policies and the U.S. commitment to halting taxpayer funding for organizations linked to abortion.

During a recent UN meeting, China’s ambassador accused the Trump administration of undermining women’s health by withdrawing financial support from UNFPA, an agency long criticized by pro-life advocates for its ties to China’s population control programs.

“The U.S. is obstructing critical health services for women and girls,” the ambassador declared, pointing to the funding cuts as a blow to global family planning efforts.

The Trump administration’s decision to fully defund UNFPA, announced in March and finalized in May, redirected $335 million in taxpayer funds away from the agency. The move builds on Trump’s reinstatement of the Mexico City Policy, renamed the Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance Policy (PLGHA), which bars U.S. funding to foreign organizations that perform or promote abortions.

Pro-life advocates have hailed the defunding as a victory for protecting unborn lives and ending U.S. complicity in coercive practices abroad.

“UNFPA’s support of, and involvement in, China’s population-planning activities allows the Chinese government to implement more effectively its program of coercive abortion,” former Secretary of State Colin Powell said in 2008, a sentiment echoed by Trump officials justifying the cuts. The administration pointed to UNFPA’s historical role in supporting China’s former one-child policy, which led to millions of forced abortions and sterilizations, as a key reason for the funding halt.

UNFPA officials expressed dismay at the decision, warning of dire consequences for women in developing nations. The agency has denied direct involvement in coercive practices, though critics, including Reggie Littlejohn of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers, argue otherwise.

“UNFPA has been found to be complicit with coercive population control in China in the past, and I have no doubt that any unbiased investigation would find them complicit again,” Littlejohn told LifeNews.

While China and other nations advocate for UNFPA’s role in pushing abortion and population control, pro-life groups argue that such programs often prioritize abortion over maternal health.

Rebecca Oas, director of research for the Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam), emphasized the link between international family planning and abortion advocacy.

“The international family planning movement has been inextricably tied to the abortion lobby ever since the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) formed the Office of Population in 1969,” Oas told Catholic News Agency.

Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk, a senior ethicist at the National Catholic Bioethics Center, called past U.S.-backed family planning programs “pro-abortion and anti-family imperialism,” arguing that foreign governments should independently handle such initiatives without U.S. involvement.

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“And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Moloch” Leviticus 18:21

“I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother’s belly.” Psalm 22:10

“From birth I have relied on you; you brought me forth from my mother’s womb. I will ever praise you.” Psalm 71:6

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“Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.” Jeremiah 1:5

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