Who has large antlers, a high voice and wears white gloves?
Mickey Moose!
Now go call the White House.
Some House members are stepping up efforts to persuade the White House to withhold federal money from the United Nations Population Fund, which they say has supported forced abortions and other coercive practices by the Chinese government.
"By operating in China, spending money there, and defending the Chinese population control system, the UNFPA clearly supports a program of coercive abortion and involuntary sterilization," states a letter that a bipartisan group of House members plan to send to the president later this week.
President Bush is considering withholding the $34 million Congress appropriated to the UNFPA as part of the foreign operations spending bill.
Republican Reps. Christopher H. Smith of New Jersey, Mike Pence of Indiana and Joseph R. Pitts of Pennsylvania are asking fellow House members to join them in sending to the White House the letter urging the president to withhold the funds. As of yesterday afternoon, six Republicans and three Democrats — Reps. Ronnie Shows of Mississippi, Marion Berry of Arkansas and David D. Phelps of Illinois — have agreed to join them, said a spokesman for Mr. Smith.
House GOP leaders are drafting a similar letter to send to the White House, a Republican aide said.
If you have a strong pro-life Congressman, you may also want to contact him and ask him to join the House effort to persuade Bush to do the right thing. And BTW, why is National Right to Life so quiet about this?