MEDIA RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
03 February 2010

'HOPE FOR HAITI NOW' ALL-STAR DIGITAL RELEASE
FUNNELS PORTION OF PROCEEDS TO PRO-ABORTION UNICEF

Washington, DC (03 February 2010) –  The following is a statement from Erik Whittington, director of Rock for Life on MTV’s “Hope for Haiti Now” digital release and telethon. Proceeds will fund UNICEF – a United Nation’s program notorious for funding abortions, condoms and sterilization projects.

“Hope for Haiti Now” featuring well-known artists such as Jay-Z, Coldplay, Bruce Springsteen, Sheryl Crow, Alicia Keys, Neil Young, Christina Aguilera and others, was initiated by a phone call between George Clooney and MTV Networks.

“Our hearts and prayers go out to the Haitian people who need food, water, medicine, housing and help rebuilding. The last thing Haitians need is UNICEF’s anti-life agenda of abortion, contraception, sterilization and sexual immorality. We will not let UNICEF’s despicable record of using humanitarian crisis to push their anti-life agenda go unnoticed and unchallenged.

 “We implore MTV Networks to drop UNICEF from its list of non-profits receiving funds from the Hope for Haiti Now project. MTV has enough controversy on its hands already from pushing sexual immorality and abortion to the youth of America.

"We also Americans to open their hearts and their wallets to the Haitian people, but not through an immoral organization like UNICEF.”