Supporters of the international expansion of euphemistically-named “Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR)” have many uncomfortable truths to come to terms with, foremost among them being the fact that some of the most influential actors working in this area have their origins in eugenics.
This is a reckoning long-overdue in Ireland, which, as I covered in an article yesterday, has ramped up its support in recent years for organisations carrying out such work. Two of those (that we’ll discuss shortly), the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) and the Population Council, have unambiguous roots in eugenics and population control, and despite the glossy language with which SRHR is discussed today, it’s clear that much of this work still involves pushing abortion and population control on countries and cultures that traditionally have had no appetite for them.
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