Transcript “FAMILY PLANNING” “REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH”

DECEPTIVE
LOGIC
UNITED NATIONS EUPHEMISMS
DOUBLESPEAK for Family Planning & Reproductive Health
“SAFE MOTHERHOOD”
“FAMILY PLANNING”
“SEXUAL HEALTH” “REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH”
“constellation of methods”
“ADOLESCENT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH”
“FERTILITY REGULATION”
ABORTION
I found it a disturbing surprise. ... It leaves the troubling impression
of something being imposed: namely a lifestyle typical of certain
fringes within developed societies which are materially rich and
secularized. 
Reservations of the HOLY SEE:
INSUFFICIENT ON DIGNITY & EQUALITY
BELITTLES TRADITIONAL FAMILY
LOTS OF AMBIGUOUS TERMINOLOGY
ENTIRE SECTION ON HEALTH
CONTRACEPTIVE TERMINOLOGY
CONDOM PROMOTION
EXCESSIVE INDIVIDUALISM
COMBINED LOGIC OF THE
CAIRO & BEIJING CONFERENCES
DE-POPULATION
‘DOUBLESPEAK’
UNITED NATIONS DEFINITIONS
DOUBLESPEAK FROM CAIRO STAFF BRIEFING PAPERS
FAMILY PLANNING
“achieved through contraception, defined as any means capable of preventing
pregnancy, ... The contraceptive effect can be obtained through temporary or
permanent means. [...] coitus interruptus; ... the use of reproductive hormones [...];
placing a device in utero; interposing a barrier ... Permanent means include male and
female sterilization.
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
“Implicit ... are the right of men and women to be informed and to have access to safe,
effective, affordable and acceptable methods of fertility regulation of their choice.
FERTILITY REGULATION
“... the process by which individuals and couples regulate their fertility. Methods that
can be used for this purpose include, amongst others: delaying childbearing, using
contraception, seeking treatment for infertility, interrupting unwanted pregnancies,
and breastfeeding.”
ABORTION
“Induced abortion, or the voluntary termination of pregnancy, is utilized to end an
already established pregnancy (i.e. a method acting after nidation has been
completed). ...
EUPHEMISMS IN
“POPULATION DOUBLESPEAK”
(Nice words for bad ideas)
TOTALITARIAN
OUTLOOK
EXCESSIVE
INTERVENTIONISM
ANTI-NATALISM
RADICAL FEMINIST
AUTONOMY
CONTRACEPTIVE-ABORTIVE
MENTALITY/USE
ANTI-PARENTALISM
ANTI-BIRTH
PROPAGANDA
PRE Balance, Integration,
Synchronization, etc.
Population Management, PopDev,
PopEd, Special Attention, etc.
Family Planning, Reproductive Health
(Services), Fertility Regulation, etc.
Empowerment,
Gender Equality
Reproductive Health, Responsible
Parenthood, Family Planning,
“constellation of services”, etc.
Population Education,
Adolescent Program, Information &
Counseling Services for Youth, etc.
Information, Counseling
Family Planning Communications
THE “P-R-E” PLOY IS
A POISONED SANDWICH
CHURCH
LANGUAGE
ENVIRONMENT
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CONTRACEPTION
STERILIZATION
“SAFE” ABORTION
KINSEY-BASED
SEX EDUCATION
• SECULARIZATION OF
PHILIPPINE CULTURE
• REDUNDANT “SUPER”
POLITICAL STRUCTURE
• ESCAPE CLAUSES, etc. ...
RESOURCES