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STRONG WINDS BLOWING
Strategies of the Population Control Agenda
by
Atty. Jo M. ImbongCopyright 2004, Manila
NSSM 200
The
National Security Study Memo 200
1974Washington, D.C.
Rapid growth
internal migration
high percentages of young people
urban concentrations
-- are damaging to the internal stability of countries in whose advancement the United States is interested,
--thus creating political or even national security problems for the United States.
NSSM200
High Priority for Population Control:
India Bangladesh PakistanNigeria Mexico
Indonesia Brazil
PHILIPPINES
Thailand Egypt TurkeyEthiopia Columbia
How does NSSM200make Family Planning more acceptable?
1. Always done in the context of Maternal and Child Care/Reduction of
Infant Mortality
2. Done in the context of the entire Health infrastructure, and
with “Safe Motherhood”
Strategy 1: ABUSE OF LANGUAGE
HUMAN VICTIMS OF WARare
Collateral damageSurgical air attacks
Ethnic cleansing
ABORTIONcan be in so many words—
Menstrual regulationTermination of pregnancy
Unwanted pregnancy
Access to new technologySurgical procedures needed only by women
MVA—Manual Vacuum Aspiration for “Teaching Purposes”
Control of one’s fertility
ABORTION
Inducing a late periodProcedure to safe the woman’s life
Reproductive health services
Right to privacyRight to abortion
“Right to life” !
Strategy 2:
TECHNOLOGY and RESEARCH
“U.S. strategy should supportin LDC’s
biomedical research on Fertility Control Methods”
NSSM200
The vision of NSSM200—
The IUD in different sizes, shapes and action
Improved ovulation prediction
Reversible male/female sterilizationInjectibles thru para-professionals
Field studies and trialsA safe male contraceptive injection
University Researches
LDC learning institutionsto serve as
Major Centers for research
in fertility reduction
Strategy 3:Courting the Gatekeepers
Using the Political Leadership—
So that policies pushed bythe rich countries,
Will be acceptable withinthe LDC’s
Pressure and Advocacy
“Equally important ispressure
on local political leadersTo push local initiatives
In support ofthe population programs.”
NSSM200
Strategy 4:A NETWORK OF CO-PLAYERS
UNFPA
INTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOODPOPULATION COUNCIL
PATHFINDER FUND
Program Implementors
Regional Economic CommissionsUNICEF
ILO FAOWHO
UNESCOWORLD BANK
World Food ProgramsInternational NGO’s
Strategy 5:
Country Programs
P H I L I P P I N E S
FY 1998 FY 1999 FY 2000 Actual Estimate Request
Development Assistance $39,000,000 $22,750,000 $31,500,000
Economic Support Funds None None $ 5,000,000
P.L. 480 Title II $46,833,000 $11,563,000 None
Strategy 6:PRIORITY ENTRY POINTS FOR 2003-06
1. Strengthen the distribution system2. Market / client / geographic segmentation
3. Expanded private sector participation4. Develop financing schemes for contraception
5. Strengthening LGU capacity6. Increased dialogue on Family Planning
7. Integrating FP into routine health services
8. COLLABORATION with BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS
9. USING THE STATUS AND INFLUENCEof Business Groups
Strategy 7:
The USAID-RP M O U
Objective:
Promoting “Desired Family Size”
Timeframe: 2002-2006
MOU strategies:
1. Financial capacity building to reduce family size2. Greater social acceptance
3. Targeting public sector services to the poor
4. Surveillance of health information systems
5. Fortification of SALT, SUGAR, OIL, FLOURand iodization of salt
Strategy 8: RIDING ON THE RADICAL FEMINIST
AGENDA
Winning women away from the home:
“Female wage employment outside the home is related to fertility reduction.”
NSSM200
Strategy 9: BEHAVIOR CHANGE through MEDIA
Thru:
Radio & Television Soap OperaDBS/Direct Broadcast Satellite
ATS/Application Technical SatelliteSpecial EventsTV Talk Shows
MEDIA OBJECTIVES
1. Mold public opinion2. Shape people’s perceptions
3. Behavioral change4. Position FP as a mainstream health
service5. Create a bandwagon effect, especially
in young adults
Strategy 10:
Make communication distributionEASY
1. Through existing social structures2. Utilizing commercial channels
(which have distribution systems in place)
3. DEVOLUTION: The power ofLocal Governement
A report on“Population Communication
Programs”
Some communication activities involve—
Intensive mind-guilding operationsCreating favorable impressions
False attribution of messagesInfiltration of public entertainment
Creation of “fronts” for public advocacySophisticated behavior control techniques
Strategy 11:The Technique of
“ FOOD DIPLOMACY”
“Allocation of scarce food programs (PL 480)Should take into account of
What steps a country is takingIn population control.”
NSSM200
“In the conduct of FOOD DIPLOMACY—
It is important IN STYLE and well as SUBSTANCE
toavoid the appearance of
Coercion.”
NSSM200
Strategy 12:
MANIPULATING Social Security in Old Age
Employing:
1. Deferred payment of retirement benefitswhere
payment is tied to family size2. Insurance for sons—if parents have
no more than 3 children
NSSM200
Strategy 13 Herding civil society into the
Contraceptive Agenda
Using—Women’s groups, business
communityEntertainment and advertising
industries
Training of FP advocatesCreating FP champions and “role
models”
NGO’s in our midst
LIKHAAN
CATHOLICS FOR A FREE CHOICE
PLCPD
Strategy 14TARGETTING the CONSUMER
By:Reclassifying oral contraceptives as OTC
drugsMarket SEGMENTATION
TAX EXEMPTIONS, Zero import dutiesAdvertising contraceptives
STI services for people below 18 yrs.Recruitment & training of volunteers
Strategy 15
MIND-MAPPING the Next Generation
NSSM200 says:
“Educate the next generation of parents starting in elementary school towards a 2-child policy ideal.”
“Change the attitudes of the next generation.”
“UNESCO should take the lead through formal and informal education.”
Strategy 16
A “HUMAN RIGHTS” Approach
Is ABORTION a human right?
Is choosing promiscuitya human right?
Is degeneration of the body a human right?
Funding for ABORTIONin NSSM200?
A loophole?
“USAID will continue to finance training of doctors in the latest
techniquesin OB-Gynecology practice, and
will not disqualify such training programs if they include pregnancy termination within theover-all curriculum.” - NSSM200
Strategy 19The masquerade of “Sustainable
Development”
Admissions in NSSM200—
“It is vital that:the effort to develop
and strengthen a commitment on the part of LDC leaders
not be seen by them as an industrialized country policyto keep their strength down or
to reserve resources for the ‘rich’ countries.”
More damning ADMISSIONS—
“Minimize charges of imperialist motivation . . .
by repeatedly asserting that such support (for FP)
is out of concern for the right of individual couples to determine freely and
responsibly the number and spacing of children, and to have Information, education, and means to do so.”
NSSM200
NSSM200:A persistent and enduring
agenda lurking in:
The MILLENIUM DECLARATION ofSeptember 2000
TheUnited Nations
MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
The Philippines signs the document.
Ms. Deborah LandeyUNDP Representative in RP
congratulates
H.E. Pres. Gloria M. Arroyo
Some of the MILLENIUM GOALS:
Goal 3
Promote “Gender Equality” ?
Goal 4
“Maternal Health” ?
STRONG WINDS BLOWING
A Look at the Strategies of the
Population Control Agenda
Having seen the context and meanings
in NSSM200—
What do You
think?
Having seen the context and meanings
in NSSM200—
What do You
think?
Before you go,TO YOU ALL—
A Ho
HO HoHo Ho ly
C H R I S T M A S !
FROM
J O