“We are totally opposed to abortion under any circumstances. We are also opposed to abortifacient drugs and chemicals like the pill and the IUD, and we are also opposed to all forms of birth control with the exception of natural family planning (the rhythm method)” FormNaturalBirthCircumstancesDrugMethodPlanningRhythmAbortionExceptionChemicalsPillsBirth ControlFamily Planning Author:Judie Brown
“The only life many of the leaders of the anti-family planning movement seem to care about -- indeed obsess about -- is life before birth and after death.” SeemsCareLeaderMovementBirthPlanningAfter DeathFamily Planning Author:Riane Eisler
“Even if you are planning a birth with an epidural, the evidence suggests that a doula can help make things go much more smoothly.” IfsHelpingBirthEvidencePlanningDoulasEpidurals Author:Emily Oster
“The Cairo conferenceis about a complicated web of education and employment, consumption and poverty, development and health care. It is also about whether governments will follow where women have so clearly led them, toward safe, simple and reliable choices in family planning. While Cairo crackles with conflict, in the homes of the world the orthodoxies have been duly heard, and roundly ignored.” WorldHas BeensHomeGovernmentCareChoicesSimplePovertyHeardDevelopmentBirthSafeConflictInstitutionsComplicatedPlanningEmploymentHealth CareRebellionConsumptionIgnoredOrthodoxyBirth ControlFamily PlanningCairo Author:Anna Quindlen
“The biggest pieces of work that we do are vaccines, because those save lives, and also family planning. Because if a woman can space the births of her children, it changes everything for her health and her child's health.” IfsChildrenSpacePiecesBirthPlanningVaccinesSave A LifeFamily Planning Author:Melinda Gates
“One of the major causes of poverty is a lack of family planning. Governments and nonprofit organizations need to encourage poor people to use birth control so that they don't have unexpected babies, which will only make poorer families poorer.” PeopleNeedsUseGovernmentCausesPoorPovertyBabyBirthMajorsOrganizationPlanningUnexpectedPoor PeopleBirth ControlNonprofitsFamily PlanningCauses Of Poverty Author:Philip Kotler
“UN studies conducted in more than forty developing countries show that the birth rate falls as women gain equality... I believe income-earning opportunities that empower poor women ... will have more impact on curbing population growth that the current system of "encouraging" family planning practices through intimidation tactics.. Family planning should be left to the family.” ShouldBelieveCountryShowsFallOpportunityLeftI BelieveGrowthPoorPracticeStudyBirthGainsImpactRatePopulationCurrentsPlanningIncomeDevelopingEmpoweringFortyEarningTacticsIntimidationDeveloping CountriesPopulation GrowthFamily PlanningBirth Rate Author:Muhammad Yunus