Clinton-Era Feminists Still Represent Bush Administration At UN Meetings

By Austin Ruse

     (NEW YORK — C-FAM) In recent weeks at least two radical feminists have represented the new Bush Administration at UN meetings. Among many holdovers from the Clinton era, the Friday Fax has learned some are attempting to receive jobs as permanent members of the US federal bureaucracy.

     It surprised many pro-family conservatives last week to see Ambassador Betty King serving on the delegation to the preparatory committee meeting for the upcoming Child Summit. King, a Clinton political appointee to the UN Economic and Social Council, was one of the leading advocates in advancing the radical feminist cause through a number of UN conferences. King has been a fixture at UN meetings for years and had been at the center of Clinton Administration attempts to use UN documents to advance "abortion rights" into the developing world. It is reported that King expects a reappointment to the Bush Administration.

     Representing the Bush Administration at the executive board meeting of the United Nations Population Fund last week was Margaret Pollack, a career foreign service officer who heads the Office of Population in the US State Department. Pollack served as the chief negotiator for the Clinton Administration at a number of UN conferences including the five-year review of the Beijing Women's Conference (Beijing+5) and the Cairo Conference on Population and Development (Cairo+5).

     Pollack sat in the lead chair at meetings where the Clinton Administration attempted to strike down all conscience clauses that protected medical personnel from having to participate in abortions. At Beijing+5 Clinton negotiators also attempted to make it mandatory that all medical personnel learn the abortion procedure.

     Peggy Kerry continues to serve as the non-governmental (NGO) liaison officer for the US Mission. Kerry came from the world of radical feminist activism and as one career officer at the US Mission put it, "she never learned that she did not represent her ideology but the US government." Kerry came under fire last spring when she allowed the pro-abortion group "Catholics" for a Free Choice to hold a press conference at UN headquarters under US government auspices at which they bashed the Catholic Church and called for the ouster of the Catholic Church from its seat as Observer to the UN General Assembly. At the time presidential candidate George W. Bush criticized the press conference.

     During a budget hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee a few weeks ago, US Ambassador Richard Holbrook went out of his way to praise the work of the relatively low-level Kerry. After the hearing Holbrook could be seen huddling with Kerry's brother who sits on the committee. Kerry was recently given a six-month extension on her contract and has told friends she wants a permanent appointment.

     Sharon Kotok, a political appointee in the State Department, is said to want a job advising the Bush Administration on women's issues. Like King and Pollack, Kotok was at the center of the Clinton team at most UN conferences dealing with abortion in the past several years.  

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