SHOULD THE U.S CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE UN POPULATION FUND?

MARCH 2017

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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

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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)

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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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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