Bill Gates' Planned-Parenthood Dad Inspired Pro-Abort Funding

Life Site ^ | 5/9/03

[marshmallow]

 

NEW YORK, May 9, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In a lengthy interview with Bill Moyers released today, Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates reveals the inspiration for his funding of pro-abortion population control measures.

Responding to a question by Moyers on how he came to fund "reproductive issues" Gates answered, "When I was growing up, my parents were always involved in various volunteer things. My dad was head of Planned Parenthood. And it was very controversial to be involved with that. And so it's fascinating. At the dinner table my parents are very good at sharing the things that they were doing. And almost treating us like adults, talking about that."

In the interview Gates says he is moved by measurable progress and on "safe birth reproductive family planning issues" he says, "There's a measurable impact when you can go in and educate families, but primarily women, about their different choices. There's real impact that you can have in this area. Anything to do with reproductive health."

Although prodded more than once by Moyers, Gates refused a direct attack on President Bush's pro-life measures such as promotion of abstinence prior to marriage.

He admits that he was at one time a convinced Malthusian. "You know I thought it was.before I learned about it, I thought it was paradoxical. Well if you improve health, aren't you just dooming people to deal with such a lack of resources where they won't be educated or they won't have enough food? You know, sort of a Malthusian view of what would take place."

However, he claims he has seen beyond Malthusian conceptions of useless eaters since, he says, he has seen that by improving health and education population decreases as parents decide to have less children. Despite all his distancing from Malthus, Gates remains steadfast to the unfounded Malthusian fear of overpopulation.

See the transcript of the interview with Gates at: http://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/transcript_gates.html

See "The Quiz Gates Failed" http://www.all.org/gates/index.htm

UN POPULATION FUND RECEIVES $57 MIL FROM GATES http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2000/apr/00040504.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------

[AppyPappy]

"Most of those babies are poor. Let them die and decrease the surplus population".....Ebenezer Gates

[TommyDale]

I wonder if Bill Gates is happy his parents didn't abort him.

[wideawake]

The two wealthiest men in America, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, share a common obsession: trying to make sure there are as few human beings as possible.

Once they die, their estates will represent $100B of financing for the culture of death.

[Ronaldus Magnus]

"Well if you improve health, aren't you just dooming people to deal with such a lack of resources where they won't be educated or they won't have enough food?"

Evil incarnate.

[B Knotts]

He's also anti-gun.

One of the many reasons I don't buy or use his software.

[Charles Henrickson]

The Gates of Hell.

[fishtank]

There's a Catholic school in Dallas that just got $$ from the Gates foundation.

[Psalm 73]

All of the brains and business savvy - and not a lick of common sense or human compassion - what a bloody waste of a mind..........

[BlackElk]

Gates is probably a job for some pros at converting folks in his bracket: Opus Dei.

Warren Buffett is old enough to have one foot in the grave and another on a banana peel. Maybe, a last minute save in time to change his will! Call me Pollyanna.

[LiteKeeper]

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[Lorianne]

The article is misinformed about Gates' health advocacy and philanthropy. You'd have to read a lot to understand his program, not just this interview. But even if you only read this inteview, there is nothing in it about abortion. And Gates' funding is not spent on abortion or any "after the fact" spending, it is spent on PREVENTATIVE measures of all kinds ..... basic health care initiatives, like vaccines against common childhood diseases, clean water, and infant mortality reduction and research into new vaccines such as AIDS and malaria.

[cpforlife.org]

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[MHGinTN]

I find it hard to believe that a man as intelligent as Bill Gates would hold abortion killing to be 'okay'. I will have to research this a bit more. I wonder, how would one correspond with him directly, to learn what his personal belief on the subject is? It seems odd that I might need to add Bill to my prayer list, but ...

[2timothy3.16]

Gates answered, "When I was growing up, my parents were always involved in various volunteer things. My dad was head of Planned Parenthood. ..."

Makes sense, my dad hated the very thought of killing a baby, gates baby slaughtering excuse for a father loved killing babies, so it only makes sense that I would hate baby killers and gates would love them. We learn a lot from our dad's men, as do our sons from us.

[2timothy3.16]

Ebenezer Gates

Is that bill gates father?

[The Red Zone]

Shall not prevail against it.

[Nataku X]

Gates is the worst kind of politican out there. He believes everything that the Republicans stand against, and yet he donates to the Republicans. Why? Because he values his money more than his beliefs. He'd rather see his wallet get fatter than see all those (in his eyes) poor women get helped.

I'll never understand for the life of me why FR loves this extremely selfish man.

(Note: The above is NOT meant to be a commentary about Microsoft products or their performance thereof at all.)

[Mr. Silverback]

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[victim soul]

UN Population Fund Hails Gates Foundation’s $57 Million Grant to Protect African Youth against HIV/AIDS

..."UNFPA helps developing countries to improve reproductive health and family planning services on the basis of individual choice, and to formulate population policies in support of efforts towards sustainable development. The United States Committee for UNFPA, a non-profit organization, facilitated the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grant."

http://www.unfpa.org/news/news.cfm?ID=259&Language=1

Initiative Targets Botswana, Ghana, Tanzania and Uganda; Largest Private Donation Ever for HIV/AIDS Prevention among Youth


04 April 2000

UNITED NATIONS, New York - A $57 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will tremendously strengthen efforts to protect young people in four African countries against HIV/AIDS, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) announced today.


The Foundation is funding a five-year initiative to expand national campaigns in Botswana, Ghana, Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania that will educate youth about preventing HIV/AIDS and ensure that they can protect themselves. The government of each country, in partnership with UNFPA, and two United States-based international non-governmental organizations, PATH (Program for Appropriate Technology in Health), Pathfinder International and local groups will implement the programmes.
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“The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has once again shown its enormous commitment to young people in developing countries and to halting the devastating AIDS pandemic,” declared UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Nafis Sadik. “This grant puts resources where the need is most urgent: protecting the most vulnerable and safeguarding each country’s future. The programmes it supports will also serve as models for other hard-hit countries and international aid efforts. And it will help the international community move towards its stated goal of reducing HIV/AIDS infections in the most affected countries by 25 per cent by 2005.”


In sub-Saharan Africa, where AIDS is ravaging families, communities and national economies, half the population is under age 20. Half of all new cases of HIV infection are among young people aged 15-24. In several countries, girls aged 15-19 are five or six times more likely to be HIV-positive than boys their own age, indicating a critical need to empower adolescent girls, in particular, with the information and means to avoid infection. Currently very few young people in the countries concerned are being reached with HIV/AIDS prevention programmes.


The four countries were chosen based on need and on their demonstrated commitment to HIV/AIDS prevention among youth. Field staff of UNFPA, PATH and Pathfinder have developed specific projects at the request of the four governments and the collaboration will include both public and private organizations. Efforts will vary in each country according to local conditions, but all will include education programmes in both rural and urban areas, peer counselling for young people in and out of school, accessible reproductive health services (provided in youth centres, for example), and job training for disadvantaged youth. A regional support network will facilitate the sharing of national experiences.


“This grant is a vital complement to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s other assistance in the area of disease prevention, including its support for the development of an AIDS vaccine,” stated Dr. Sadik. “The funds will allow us to apply locally tested methods for protecting young people against AIDS on a national scale. Other countries in the region will also be able to learn from these examples.”


“UNFPA is delighted to have Pathfinder and PATH as its partners,” Dr. Sadik added. Both organizations have long experience in helping developing countries to run reproductive health programmes. Pathfinder is respected for its training and expertise in service delivery, while PATH has pioneered adolescent health programmes that emphasize behaviour change communications and advocacy as well as development of appropriate technologies. Both Pathfinder, with headquarters in Boston, and PATH, with headquarters in Seattle, are previous recipients of Gates Foundation support and have extensive experience working in sub-Saharan Africa.


"We warmly congratulate the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for this extremely generous grant," said Peter Piot, Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). "The grant targets countries which have demonstrated strong political leadership to reversing the epidemic, and is an excellent example of the tremendous leverage that foundations can play in moving forward an expanded response to the epidemic."


UNFPA helps developing countries to improve reproductive health and family planning services on the basis of individual choice, and to formulate population policies in support of efforts towards sustainable development. The United States Committee for UNFPA, a non-profit organization, facilitated the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grant. Contributions to UNFPA can be made through the Committee’s Web site.


The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is dedicated to improving people’s lives by sharing advances in health and learning with the global community. Led by Bill Gates’ father, William H. Gates, Sr., and Patty Stonesifer, the Seattle-based Foundation has an asset base of $21.8 billion. Preventing deadly diseases among poor children by expanding access to vaccines, and developing vaccines against malaria, HIV/AIDS, and tuberculosis, are central priorities. Other major efforts include extending unprecedented opportunities for learning by bringing computers with Internet access to every eligible library in the United States and Canada, and providing scholarships to academically talented minority students in the United States with severe financial need through the Gates Millennium Scholars Program. For complete information and grant guidelines, visit www.gatesfoundation.org.