Tracking Current Strategies Population Agenda Imbong
1. STRONG WINDS BLOWING Strategies of the Population Control Agenda by Atty. Jo M. Imbong Copyright 2004, Manila
2. NSSM 200 The National Security Study Memo 200 1974 Washington, D.C.
3. 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
4. High Priority for Population Control: India Bangladesh Pakistan Nigeria Mexico Indonesia Brazil PHILIPPINES Thailand Egypt Turkey Ethiopia Columbia
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6. Strategy 1: ABUSE OF LANGUAGE HUMAN VICTIMS OF WAR are Collateral damage Surgical air attacks Ethnic cleansing
7. ABORTION can be in so many words— Menstrual regulation Termination of pregnancy Unwanted pregnancy Access to new technology Surgical procedures needed only by women MVA—Manual Vacuum Aspiration for “Teaching Purposes” Control of one’s fertility
8. ABORTION Inducing a late period Procedure to safe the woman’s life Reproductive health services Right to privacy Right to abortion “ Right to life” !
9. Strategy 2: TECHNOLOGY and RESEARCH “ U.S. strategy should support in LDC’s biomedical research on Fertility Control Methods” NSSM200
10. The vision of NSSM200— The IUD in different sizes, shapes and action Improved ovulation prediction Reversible male/female sterilization Injectibles thru para-professionals Field studies and trials A safe male contraceptive injection
11. University Researches LDC learning institutions to serve as Major Centers for research in fertility reduction
12. Strategy 3: Courting the Gatekeepers Using the Political Leadership— So that policies pushed by the rich countries, Will be acceptable within the LDC’s
13. Pressure and Advocacy “ Equally important is pressure on local political leaders To push local initiatives In support of the population programs.” NSSM200
14. Strategy 4: A NETWORK OF CO-PLAYERS UNFPA INTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD POPULATION COUNCIL PATHFINDER FUND
15. Program Implementors Regional Economic Commissions UNICEF ILO FAO WHO UNESCO WORLD BANK World Food Programs International NGO’s
16. 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
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18. Strategy 7: The USAID-RP M O U Objective: Promoting “ Desired Family Size ” Timeframe: 2002-2006
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20. 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
21. Strategy 9: BEHAVIOR CHANGE through MEDIA Thru: Radio & Television Soap Opera DBS/Direct Broadcast Satellite ATS/Application Technical Satellite Special Events TV Talk Shows
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24. A report on “Population Communication Programs” Some communication activities involve— Intensive mind-guilding operations Creating favorable impressions False attribution of messages Infiltration of public entertainment Creation of “fronts” for public advocacy Sophisticated behavior control techniques
25. Strategy 11: The Technique of “ FOOD DIPLOMACY” “ Allocation of scarce food programs (PL 480) Should take into account of What steps a country is taking In population control.” NSSM200
26. “ In the conduct of FOOD DIPLOMACY— It is important IN STYLE and well as SUBSTANCE to avoid the appearance of Coercion.” NSSM200
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28. Strategy 13 Herding civil society into the Contraceptive Agenda Using— Women’s groups , business community Entertainment and advertising industries Training of FP advocates Creating FP champions and “role models”
29. NGO’s in our midst LIKHAAN CATHOLICS FOR A FREE CHOICE PLCPD
30. Strategy 14 TARGETTING the CONSUMER By: Reclassifying oral contraceptives as OTC drugs Market SEGMENTATION TAX EXEMPTIONS , Zero import duties Advertising contraceptives STI services for people below 18 yrs. Recruitment & training of volunteers
31. 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.”
32. Strategy 16 A “HUMAN RIGHTS” Approach Is ABORTION a human right? Is choosing promiscuity a human right? Is degeneration of the body a human right?
33. Funding for ABORTION in NSSM200? A loophole? “ USAID will continue to finance training of doctors in the latest techniques in OB-Gynecology practice, and will not disqualify such training programs if they include pregnancy termination within the over-all curriculum.” - NSSM200
34. Strategy 19 The 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 policy to keep their strength down or to reserve resources for the ‘rich’ countries .”
35. 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
36. NSSM200: A persistent and enduring agenda lurking in: The MILLENIUM DECLARATION of September 2000 The United Nations MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
37. The Philippines signs the document. Ms. Deborah Landey UNDP Representative in RP congratulates H.E. Pres. Gloria M. Arroyo
38. Some of the MILLENIUM GOALS: Goal 3 Promote “Gender Equality” ? Goal 4 “ Maternal Health” ?