Announcing this, US state department says the UNFPA supports or participates in the management of a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilisation.
In total $32.5 million in funds is being withdrawn for the 2017 financial year. This development is the first of the promised cuts to US financial contributions to the UN by the Trump administration.
Reacting to the cut, UNFPA said it regrets the decision and had not broken any laws.
According to the Department of State the money that had been allocated to the UNFPA for the fiscal year 2017 will be transferred and reprogrammed to the Global Health Programs account and will be used by the US Agency for International Development to support family planning, maternal and reproductive health activities in developing countries.
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