Pro-Abortion UNICEF Director of Ten Years to Step Down

LifeNews.com reports that Carol Bellamy, the head of the United Nations Childrens' Education Fund (UNICEF), will step down. Bellamy promoted making abortions widely available to young women a major emphasis durning her tenure of UNICEF Director.

Bellamy will be replaced by outgoing U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman who was nominated by the Bush Administration. LifeNews.com reports:

Veneman said at a press conference that she wants UNICEF to champion "an agenda of helping children, particularly in the areas of education and health and to address the issues of hunger and malnutrition." Asked by a reporter about "reproductive health" issues, she responded: "I don't believe that these issues are relevant to the missions of UNICEF."

If Veneman turns UNICEF back to its primary mission helping promote efforts to alleviate poverty and malnutrition among children, it would be a welcome addition to similar private and corporate efforts worldwide.