Hill Country Chronicle

Congressman Chip Roy of Texas has reintroduced a bill aimed at permanently halting U.S. funding for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). The proposed legislation seeks to prevent American tax dollars from supporting what Congressman Roy describes as an international program complicit in China's coercive population-control practices, including forced abortions and sterilizations.

In a statement, Congressman Roy criticized the UNFPA, labeling it "a globalist, Orwellian, propaganda machine that shills for the Chinese Communist Party its brutal mandatory abortion practices." He praised former President Trump for ending taxpayer funding to the organization during his first term and expressed hope for similar action in the future. "Congress has a duty under our Constitutionally vested powers to ensure that U.S. tax dollars—regardless of which administration is in the White House—can never flow to this dystopian propaganda machine under any future administration," he added.

The bill has garnered support from several other representatives including Michael Cloud, Paul Gosar, Michael Guest, Andy Ogles, Mary Miller, Pete Stauber, Andy Biggs, and Dan Crenshaw. Additionally, numerous organizations have voiced their backing of the legislation such as Texas Right to Life and Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee.

Tom McClusky from CatholicVote commended Rep. Roy's efforts saying it ensures "U.S. taxpayers do not get further entangled in the anti-family/pro-abortion policies of the UNFPA." Terry Schilling from American Principles Project echoed this sentiment by stating taxpayer dollars should not fund "the Left's anti-life, anti-family agenda."

Kristan Hawkins from Students for Life Action emphasized that using American tax dollars for abortion-related activities is inappropriate and stressed that "pregnancy is not a disease cured by abortion." Carol Tobias from National Right to Life also criticized UNFPA's role in promoting abortion over basic healthcare needs.

The full text of Congressman Roy’s legislation is available online.