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Open Letter to Melinda Gates
Dear Ms. Gates,
We are writing to you from all over the world. We are mothers and fathers, sisters
and brothers, cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents. We are students, teachers, doctors, lawyers, farmers, laborers, parliamentarians and policy makers, rich, poor and middle class. We are people from all walks of life.
We are deeply concerned with your upcoming Family Planning Summit. The
Gates Foundation’s primary partners are NGOs and governments that engage in
abortion and population control campaigns. The Summit’s purpose is to launch a
global campaign to pressure governments to encourage women to view children as
burdens and expendable.
First, we understand that participation in the summit is limited only to those who
agitate for more funding for family planning. We wonder if you will dialogue with
those who may have another vision?
You say women around the world tell you they want contraception. Perhaps that
is because the people surrounding you are devoted to contraception and abortion.
Your summit is organized by – and limited to – pro-abortion and population control
advocates.
Second, we understand that the International Planned Parenthood Federation is
mobilizing civil society participation. You said specifically in your TED speech that
this initiative would have nothing to do with abortion. We wonder how this can be
when your main partner is the world’s biggest abortion provider?
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Dear Ms. Gates,
We are writing to you from all over the world. We are mothers and fathers, sisters
and brothers, cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents. We are students, teachers, doctors, lawyers, farmers, laborers, parliamentarians and policy makers, rich, poor and middle class. We are people from all walks of life.
We are deeply concerned with your upcoming Family Planning Summit. The
Gates Foundation’s primary partners are NGOs and governments that engage in
abortion and population control campaigns. The Summit’s purpose is to launch a
global campaign to pressure governments to encourage women to view children as
burdens and expendable.
First, we understand that participation in the summit is limited only to those who
agitate for more funding for family planning. We wonder if you will dialogue with
those who may have another vision?
You say women around the world tell you they want contraception. Perhaps that
is because the people surrounding you are devoted to contraception and abortion.
Your summit is organized by – and limited to – pro-abortion and population control
advocates.
Second, we understand that the International Planned Parenthood Federation is
mobilizing civil society participation. You said specifically in your TED speech that
this initiative would have nothing to do with abortion. We wonder how this can be
when your main partner is the world’s biggest abortion provider?
more…
