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