Governments Commit More Aid for Contraception at UK Family Plannning Summit
Today on World Population Day, government officials and charitable foundations have convened at the UK Family Planning summit co-sponsored by the Gates Foundation and DFID - the UK’s development aid...
View ArticleObama Waives Restrictions on Foreign Aid to Countries Using Child Soldiers
The Washington Times reported the Obama administration waived sanctions that would prevent countries from receiving foreign aid for violating the Child-Soldier Prevention Act. Obama who co-sponsored...
View ArticlePhilippine Legislator Says High Maternal Mortality Figures Propaganda
In a senate speech Philippine legislator Sen. Vicente “Tito” Sotto pushed back against erroneous maternal mortality statistics being widely used by supporters of the RH bill claiming 11 Filipino women...
View ArticleNo Need to Ratify New UN Treaty
Yesterday Wendy Wright and I spent our lunch hour at the new state of the art US Mission to the UN at 45th St and 1st Ave. We attended a side event hosted by the US delegation to the UN on Disability...
View ArticleUSAID Launches New LongTerm Contraceptive Implant for Poor Women
USAID used the occasion of World Contraception Day to announce a new commitment to provide the longterm contraceptive implant – known as Jadelle, to women in the poorest countries of the world. The...
View ArticleUSAID Report Highlights Family Planning over Maternal and Child Health
Once again the Obama administration reveals its priority to family planning over maternal and child health care needs of poor women and children in developing countries. Yesterday USAID released the...
View ArticleOffensive USAID-Funded Ad Pulled in Kenya After Public Outcry
Just one day after USAID released a progress report on development reform, a US and UK funded AIDS prevention ad was pulled for being offensive and immoral for its promotion of extramarital affairs....
View ArticleSupreme Court to Decide Legality of Anti-Prostitution Policy for AIDS Relief
Abortion advocates blame the Helms amendment and the Mexico City policy for contributing to abortion stigma — likewise some HIV/AIDS advocates blame a PEPFAR anti-prostitution policy for contributing...
View ArticleObama Funds LGBT in Other Countries During Sequestration Cuts
In the midst of sequestration cuts that have left flyers in American airports stranded in long delays and furloughed some federal workers, the Obama administration announced it will spend development...
View ArticleFertility 2.1
Fertility is plummeting around the globe and countries are at a loss to solve the problems created by aging and population decline. Without robust workforces it will be impossible for African countries...
View ArticleExpanding Abortion Through Midwifery Programs
At the Women Deliver conference held this week in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, sexual and reproductive rights advocates have convened to present strategies on how to expand access to contraception and...
View ArticleHouse and Senate Differ on Funding For Population Control Programs
On Wednesday the House Appropriations Committee approved the FY2014 Foreign Ops bill that allocates funding for global health initiatives. Population control advocates are crying foul play with Family...
View ArticlePopulation Control Goes Out With a Whimper
Here are three articles from the past week that address the slow hard fall from grace of population control… 1. Jonathan Last’s Review of a book that exposes Paul Ehrlich for the fraud he was. Ehrlich,...
View ArticleUSAID, Gates, Planned Parenthood Push Dangerous Contraceptive on Poor Black...
A recent congressional briefing examined the lethal side effects of the long-acting contraceptive injectable Depo Provera and the targeting of Black and Latina women to receive it. Congressman William...
View ArticleAfrican Women Beware – Harmful Contraceptive Coming Your Way in Bulk!
Next week family planning and abortion advocates will come out in force for an International Family Planning conference co-hosted by Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health and Bill and Melinda Gates Institute...
View ArticleSenate Hearing on IVAWA and CEDAW Conveniently Omit Abortion Expansion
At a recent hearing in a Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee the topic of gender based violence was discussed with all witnesses advocating for the ratification of the UN Women’s treaty — the...
View ArticleUSAID Sends $146 Million More to Overseas Abortion Groups
The funding stream to abortion clinics continues with the US government awarding $146 million to two of the largest international abortion groups — International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)...
View ArticleWhat Babatunde Didn’t Tell Ugandan Youth
At a recent Family Planning Conference in Kampala co-hosted by Uganda’s Ministry of Health and UNFPA, sexual health advocates and development partners addressed young people on access and information...
View ArticlePediatric Academy Recommends Harmful Implant Contraceptive for Girls
The American Academy of Pediatrics gets it wrong again placing politics over health. A post at the Kaiser Health foundation reports that long-acting contraceptive use among teens has been successful in...
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