A recent government funding issue involving human trafficking and abortion shows just where our politicians’ priorities are.

In an opinion piece written for the New York Daily News on Sunday, Steve Wagner discusses the “highly effective work” of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Office of Migration and Refugee Services to help victims of human trafficking.

Wagner, a former director of the human trafficking program at the Department of Health and Human Services, writes the “well-regarded” organization has helped human-trafficking victims from about 64 countries.

Despite its strong record as a leader in the effort, the office’s funding recently was blocked by the Obama administration. Read the article here.

The reason? The organization does not offer abortion-related services. Wagner writes:

“In May 2011, the federal Department of Health and Human Services decided its human trafficking grant-making process would prioritize those who would provide ‘family planning services and the full range of legally permissible gynecological and obstetric care.’”

The Obama administration would rather stubbornly cling to their pro-abortion politics than give money to an effective organization that is caring for victims of abuse around the world.

This issue shows just how little value some government officials put on human life – unborn or enslaved.