Nigerian Pro-life Leader Speaks Out Against Melinda Gates’ Push for Contraception in Africa

Townhall ^ | 18 July 2017 | Lauretta Brown

[Lorianne]

Obianuju Ekeocha, a Nigerian-born biomedical scientist and the founder of Culture of Life Africa, a U.K.-based pro-life group, argued on BBC’s Sunday Morning Live that the Gates Foundation’s push for contraception in Africa might be “an insidious way of moving the agenda of population control” since in many African countries the “desired number of children is actually quite high.”

Melinda Gates announced last week that the Gates Foundation will commit an additional $375 million to family planning programs citing deep concerns “about the White House’s proposed budget cuts to global family planning efforts.” President Trump recently expanded a policy that bans taxpayer funds from going to programs that perform or promote abortion overseas.

“When a woman has access to contraceptives, she tends to have fewer children. Families can devote more resources to each child’s nutrition, health, and education, setting them up for a better future,” Gates said.

“I’m sure Melinda Gates means well,” Ekeocha began, “but you see the problem is there is an arrogance and something in what I see as questions not being asked in all the talk about contraception and helping women space their children is what exactly, speaking of Africa for example, what exactly do women want?”

“In most of the African countries you get to find and research continues to show all the time that African women you know in a lot of the countries desire or desired number of children is actually quite high when cultures where people for example value children or value big families what are you saying to the women if you continue to push their governments towards the so-called family planning projects?”

“Not that people are not spacing their children,” she added, “it’s that this might indeed be an insidious way of moving the agenda of population control.”

[SauronOfMordor]

If they have more kids than they can feed, then the kids don’t get fed. I’m not interested in depriving my own kids in order to feed some Africans.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

If they feed themselves, don't ask for handouts, and stay in their own country, no problem. But that's not happening. Italy is already in crisis mode over the unwanted parasites.

The problem with Africa's population is so well known that you would do better to Google it than waste my time splain' it to you.

In the meantime, say "hi" to your new tenants. They are headed your way and ready to move in with you. I'm sure you'll be happy to feed and house them:

[trisham]

I hear you, but that isn't what you said:

Africans should be able to have as many children as they can feed through their own efforts. And only that many.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

You assume that I am advocating that they should come to Western nations. I'm not. I don't care about Africa and no taxpayer money should be pissed down the rat hole.

But it's equally and morally wrong to advocate population control. Help them (with private funds) industrialize and raise their standard of living so they can stay in Africa. That's the best way to help them.