(CNSNews.com) - In a victory for pro-life groups, Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee have made sure that an emergency spending bill will not force the Bush administration to release money earmarked for international family planning programs. Pro-life advocates criticize the United Nations Family Planning Fund for not taking a stronger stand against China's policies of forced abortion and sterilization. In a 32-30 committee vote on Wednesday, the Appropriations Committee stripped a spending bill of language that would have forced the Bush administration to release $34 million to the U.N. Family Planning Fund. The money, which was appropriated last year, has been frozen by the Bush administration, pending the results of a State Department fact-finding trip to China.