[Siobhan]

Found in this article HERE.

Meanwhile, in Kabul, Afghanistan, seven reproductive health care centers formerly supported by the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) were reopened this month with help from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Run by a local NGO, the Afghan Family Guidance Association (AFGA), the clinics were forced to close in June due to IPPF "funding problems". IPPF's U.S. affiliate, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, did not respond to telephone calls or emails regarding the nature of its funding problems. "The UNFPA funding, 50,000 dollars for the next six months, is a vital bridging assistance this year until we are fully registered with IPPF in 2006 and get our budget from its core fund," said Ahmad Zeya Yousufzai, AFGA's executive director. But according to AFGA, very little is happening on the issue of reproductive health care outside the capital, making the challenge and need for further funding even greater.

Checking now on the Planned Parenthood funding in Afghanistan.....

[Pyro7480]

You know, as much as I disagree with much of Dinesh D'Souza's arguments in his latest book, he is right on the money when it comes to the cultural Left angering the "Muslims" (I personally like to call them Mohammedans) with things like this.

[voltaires_zit]

> Checking now on the Planned Parenthood funding in Afghanistan.....

"The Bush administration has withheld, for the third consecutive year, funds earmarked for UNFPA."

The Gag Rule, in place since Reagan with a brief hiatus under Clinton, forbids any US funds going to any organization offshore that even *mentions* abortion.