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SHOULD THE U.S CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE UN POPULATION FUND?
MARCH 2017
Alliance for Life International, P.O. Box 1314, Lake Forest, CA 92609-1314 Phone: 949-340-7332
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INTERNATIONAL
Louise, our president, is planning a trip to
the region from March 20 to April 18. She has
several goals in mind for this trip. The two main
purposes include:
Visiting our Pregnancy Resource Center
(PRC) located in Kampala and
providing the support, training and
supervision for its different programs
and activities: Sexual Integrity
Education in schools and churches,
Pregnancy Counseling, and our Adopt-
A-Mom program.
Overseeing the operations of the
Billings Life Center, which is supported
at all levels by WOOMB International
and operated by Alliance for Life
International. It is located in the same
premises as our PRC.
Advancing the St. Raphael University
Teaching Hospital Project: the
Feasibility Study is in progress. Louise
is arranging a (cont. p.3)
A new administration in the White House opens
new horizons! It is time to re-assess the U.S.
involvement in the UN Population Fund (UNFPA).
At home, the Congress is urged to defund Planned
Parenthood. But what about UNFPA?
UNFPA is a lead UN agency. It started in 1969
under the name United Nations Fund for
Population Activities. It is under the UN General
Assembly. The Fund works with governments and
NGOs in more than 150 countries [1]. In 1973, in
anticipation of its new role in implementing the
NSSM 200 strategy (which will be explained
below) the role of UNFPA was expanded to include
increasing knowledge and capacity to respond to
population and family planning needs, to educate
the developed and Least Developed Country
(LDC)s in the implications of population problems,
and to promote population programs worldwide [2].
But how did the population control programs come
about? A trip down memory lane…
A look at a highly confidential document developed
by Henry Kissinger in 1974 and later declassified
and released in 1989, is greatly revealing. It is
titled: National Security Study Memorandum,
NSSM 200, also known as The Kissinger Report. It
focused on: the Implications of Worldwide
Population Growth for U.S. Security and Overseas
Interests. It is beyond the scope of this article to
give a thorough review of this document.
Nevertheless, we shall attempt to bring to light
some interesting points. The subject of the report
referred to world population growth at a rate close
to 2 percent a year after World War 11. It was only
1 percent before WW11, and 0.5 percent from
1750-1900. This increased growth was brought
about by decreased mortality rates after WW11 [3].
The report points out the marked difference
between the rich and poor countries: the rich
countries grew at 0-1.5 percent per year while the
latter had a rate of 2-3.5 percent [4]. The study
anticipated massive famines in the (cont. p. 2)
ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE ARE FROM OUR PRESIDENT, LOUISE ALLARD
AN UPDATE FROM UGANDA
Emily, A Billings Ovulation Method
teacher, at work in Kampala
was very special and may lead to
introducing the method to
another African country. Please
pray. We will keep you posted.
This time, we were three
representatives from WOOMB, two
from Canada. We held a workshop
entitled: Women’s Empowerment
through Fertility Awareness
Using the Billings Ovulation
Method. Louise’s part focused on
teaching the BOM in Uganda, a
five year overview. It was well
received and attended by 40
people who expressed great
interest.
SHOULD THE U.S. CONTINUE … CON’T FROM P.1
Alliance for Life International, P.O. Box 1314, Lake Forest, CA 92609-1314 Email: allianceforlife@comline.com
poorest regions, environmental degradation,
worsened unemployment, lack of basic services
such as health care, sanitation, education,
creating instability and possibly leading to social
unrests [5].
The report is candid about the fact that this could
prevent LDCs from meeting the expanded outputs
required by richer countries for mineral supplies
deemed essential for their continued economic
growth [6]. The report is clear that economic U.S.
interests must come first [7].
The factors which lead to high fertility are
identified as lack of information about family
planning and the means necessary to achieve
fertility control, lack of motivation to reduce family
size, stemming from high infant and child mortality
and the need for social and economic support in
old age, as well as children’s labor to manage the
farm [8].
Right from the onset, the report indicates that it
may be that the family size for the rural poor in
LDCs will not decrease until they are experiencing
sufficient benefits to outweigh the costs of
decreasing their family size [9]. And these
benefits would have to be largely economic.
Since Uganda is representative of a LDC country
which has close to 84% of its population living in
rural areas [10] and engaged in agriculture, and
since this country is well known to this author, let
us examine the relationship of economic
development in fertility decline. If the NSSM 200
theory is correct, fertility will not decline
until a level of economic development is
achieved. In 1974, Uganda’s (cont. p. 3)
LIFEWATCH
ASSISTED-SUICIDE IS NOT LIVING UP
TO ITS PROMISES.
Thought that assisted-suicide was a quick,
painless, easy way to die? Think again. A
recent report published by Kaiser Health
News discusses the difficulties patients
have encountered when taking
prescription medications to end their lives
[17].
A seven-member group of doctors in the
Pacific Northwest has been involved in
developing medication protocols to be used
in assisted-suicide deaths. In the words of
one member, Dr. Carol Parrot, a retired
anesthesiologist who participated in dozens
of assisted-suicide cases, their goal is “to
provide dying patients a comfortable,
peaceful death that is reliable and safe for
them and comforting to their families as
well [18].”
It’s not been working too well. The first
protocol was too irritating, causing a
burning sensation in patients’ mouths and
throats. Patients ended up screaming in
pain [19]. The second alternative was used
67 times. Some deaths took a long time to
come; one took 30 hour [20]. Again, it was
judged unacceptable. The group is now up
to their third protocol. Results are
pending.
Dr. Parrot explained that some patients do
not die quickly in spite of (Cont. p.3)
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GDP was $2,098,945,000. In 2014, the GDP
reached $26,998,480,000 a difference close to
25 billion over the last 40 years. Interestingly,
most of the GDP’s growth occurred the last 10
years. From 1974 to 2004, it remained
between 2 and 6 billion, then from 2004 to
2014, it ranged from close to 8 billion to close
to 27 billion [12].
“The total fertility rate (TFR) represents the
number of children a woman would have if she
were to live to the end of her childbearing
years and bear children in accordance with
age-specific fertility rates of the specified year
[13].” The TFR in Uganda for 1974 was 7.10.
It declined to 5.78 in 2014 [14], a difference of
1.32 over the last 40 year. Testing our
hypothesis that better economic conditions
lead to a fertility decline, we see that from
1974 to 2004, the TFR went from 7.10 to 6.72
[15], a difference of 0.38 or an annual decline
in fertility of 0.013. This period corresponds to
a lower GDP. In contrast and in support for
our hypothesis which the NSSM 200 clearly
supports, the TFR went from 6.65 in 2004 to
5.78 in 2014 [16], a difference of 0.87 in 10
year or an annual decline in fertility of 0.087.
As we have seen earlier, the GDP from the last
10 year was greatly increased and it
corresponds to a marked decline in fertility.
What’s the big deal? It means that population
programs were not necessary to achieve a
significant decline in fertility in Uganda. We
will look at population programs’ implications
in our next newsletter.
ASSISTED-SUICIDE IS NOT … (CONT. FROM P.2)
HUGE DOSES OF BARBITURATES BECAUSE
THEY ARE USED TO TAKING LARGE DOSES OF
PAIN MEDICATIONS [21]. BESIDES THE
DISCOMFORT CAUSED TO PATIENTS AND
FAMILIES, WE SEE ONE GLARING PROBLEM TO
THIS PROCESS OF ASSISTING PATIENTS IN
KILLING THEMSELVES. IT OCCUPIES DOCTORS
IN FINDING THE BEST WAY TO KILL PATIENTS
INSTEAD OF CURING THEM OR PROVIDING
COMFORT IN LIVING. ARE WE TO THINK THAT
THIS MINDSET AND SKILL CAN BE SAFELY PUT
IN A BOX WITHOUT INFLUENCING THE
PRACTICE OF MEDICINE?
AN UPDATE FROM UGANDA, CONT. FROM P.1
Leaders Workshop: A dozen experts are expected
to attend, working on different aspects of the
Feasibility Study. We expect great results. All
these great minds in one room animated by the
same desire to see this project come to pass!
SHOULD THE U.S. CONTINUE … CONT. FROM P. 2
(CONT. FROM P.2)
MARCH 2017
The NSSM 200 feared that fertility
will not decline among the rural
poor until a level of economic
development is achieved. Case in
point: in Uganda, the rate of
fertility declined close to seven
times faster during the last 10 year
than the previous 30 year
combined. What is the big deal?
The intense population programs
targeting LDCs such as Uganda
were unnecessary to achieve
fertility decline.
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WORLD – THANK YOU - THANK YOU!
Alliance for Life International, a 501 (c) (3)
organization, would like to acknowledge our donors
for the last three months. Their gifts are tax-
deductible as allowed by law. Our EIN: 33-0819422
Alexis, Anne, Beverly, Billings Life Centre, Brigitte,
Caroline, Denis, Eithne, Glenn, Golie, Johanne, Joy,
Kathy, Karen, Louise, Mary, Marilyn, Muriel, NFP
Outreach, Pat, Patricia, Dr. Ralph, Robert C.,
Robert M., Dr. Sergio, Suzan, Dr. Stephen, St.
Martin de Porres, Therese, Veronica, William,
Thank you for your faithfulness and support!
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March 2017
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Alliance for Life International P.O. Box 1314
Lake Forest, CA 92609-1314
www.allianceforlifeint.org
Alliance for Life international is a Catholic Christian, non-profit educational and charitable organization committed to assist and encourage
States in building cultures of life in which preborn children are welcome and the lives of those who are vulnerable are protected. The lack of essential medical care in Uganda is a
reflection of the great health disparities found in socially disadvantaged countries. It leads us to cooperate with leaders to bring modern medical
care in Uganda.
Executive Board Louise Allard, RN, BSN, MA in International
Human Rights, Founder/President/CEO Dennis Rasmussen, JD, Secretary
Sergio Stone, OB/GYN, Vice-Pres/Treasurer
Advisory Board Father Sy Nguyen, St. Martin de Porres Church
Bruce A. Sonnenberg, Founder/ Pres., He Intends Victory, Eithne Keegan. RN, BSN, MA
James Wale, Wale Advisory Group
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