“Some problems are more important than politics. Human trafficking should be one of them. As Secretary of State Clinton has said, ‘If this issue doesn’t demand zealous advocacy, it’s hard to figure out what does.’
“In fact, just this week, a new State Department report estimates that some 21 million people around the world are victimized by the horrific practice.
“‘Despite the adoption of treaties and laws prohibiting slavery, the evidence nevertheless shows that many men, women and children continue to live in modern-day slavery through the scourge of trafficking in persons,’ wrote Clinton in her introduction to the report.
“All the more surprising, then, that the Obama administration has blocked funding to a highly effective service provider to trafficking victims just because it does not provide abortion-related services.”
In a recent commentary in the New York Daily News, Steve Wagner (president of the Renewal Forum and former director of the human trafficking program at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) and Kim Daniels (coordinator of Catholic Voices USA) reflected on the blocking of Federal funding for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Migration and Refugee Services which has previously played a major role in the efforts against human trafficking.
To access the complete editorial, please visit:
New York Daily News: Commentary: Modern-day slaves, hostage to abortion (24 JUN 12)
Background information:
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops: Migration and Refugee Services
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