EU Will Boost U.N. Family Planning Funds
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The European Union will boost family planning aid to poor nations to close a gap left when the U.S. withdrew $34 million for the U.N. Population Fund over concerns that the money might help China limit population through abortion and forced sterilization.
The EU said it would provide $32 million more to African, Caribbean and Pacific developing nations to compensate.
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