New Study: Contraception Saves Women’s Lives (& The Gates Foundation Agrees!)
- Posted on July 11, 2012 at 12:45pm by
Liz Klimas
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Earlier this year, the Melinda Gates announced that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation would be turning its focus to supporting contraceptive availability in developing countries. This was based not on the argument that it was for population control, but in an effort to provide choices for women and to save maternal lives. On Wednesday, the amount of money to be pledged to this program was announced at a summit in London on family planning.
But first, earlier this week, a study was released from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health supporting Gates’ perspective that the lives of mothers could be saved if contraception were more widely available. The study found that up to 272,000 maternal lives could be saved each year from the use of contraceptives.
“Promotion of contraceptive use is an effective primary prevention strategy for reducing maternal mortality in developing countries. Our findings reinforce the need to accelerate access to contraception in countries with a low prevalence of contraceptive use where gains in maternal mortality prevention could be greatest,” said the study’s lead author, Saifuddin Ahmed, MBBS, PhD, associate professor in the Bloomberg School’s departments of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, and Biostatistics, in a statement on the research. “Vaccination prevents child mortality; contraception prevents maternal mortality.”
Here’s how the estimates were achieved:
The Johns Hopkins researchers used a counterfactual modeling approach to replicate the World Health Organization’s (WHO) maternal mortality estimation method, and to estimate maternal deaths averted by contraceptive use in 172 countries. Data for the analysis were drawn from the WHO database for maternal mortality estimation, survey data for contraceptive use and information on births, female population aged 15 to 49 years and general fertility rates from the United Nations World Population Prospects database, 2010.
According to the research, 10 to 15 percent of the 358,000 maternal deaths each year are due to unsafe abortions in developing countries. Save the Children also touts that by preventing unwanted pregnancies, 570,000 newborn children and one million teenage girls could also be saved. The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children argues though that focusing funding on food for the starving is what saves lives:
There are real and urgent needs that newborns and young child need help with, and these should be the priority of Save the Children, not pushing contraceptives to stop future children existing.
“Unwanted fertility and unmet contraceptive need are still high in many developing countries, and women are repeatedly exposed to life-threatening pregnancy complications that could be avoided with access to effective contraception,” said Amy Tsui, PhD, senior author of the study and director of the Bloomberg School’s Bill and Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health, in the press release.
On Tuesday, Reuters reported Melinda Gates saying the issue of contraception is “far less controversial that people make it.” She pointed to a Gallup poll showing 90 percent of Americans found contraceptives morally acceptable and 82 percent of Catholics even finding it acceptable. The Gates’ foundation established a website “No-Controversy.com” where people can pledge their support and share their own stories about birth control. The foundation also released this video last week entitled “Where’s the Controversy in Saving Lives?”:
The goal of the London Summit on Family Planning, according to Reuters, is to raise $4 billion to make contraceptives available to 120 women in developing countries by 2020. The Guardian reported on Wednesday that “rich countries” had pledged $2.6 billion over the next eight years.
Gates, a Catholic herself, has been criticized by pro-life sites for this stance. For example, in May, Life Site News wrote that this “blatant attack on Catholic sexual morality” will be a challenge for Catholic leadership. It also calls out a type of contraceptive noted by Gates as a potential abortifacient:
Gates specifically names Depo-Provera, a hormonal contraceptive that causes abortions by preventing implantation of the newly-conceived human life in the uterine wall. Several studies have linked the controversial drug with bone loss (osteoporosis), which has earned it a “black box” warning from the FDA. Studies have also linked Depo-Provera with increased risk of blood clots, breast cancer, cervical cancer, increased herpes susceptibility, memory loss, and other disorders.
The Guardian interviewed Gates on Wednesday where she explained how she reconciled her Catholic faith with her stance on contraceptives. Gates says the Catholic Church does support a form of contraception called natural family planning (Note: The Catholic Church would consider this a form of acceptable birth control but would not call it contraception). But, she acknowledges, there are more “modern tools” to prevent pregnancy.
“For me, what I’m trying to emphasize is the social justice piece of our mission, and that’s really where my roots come from,” Gates said. “And then make sure that we all have space to do the work that we care about doing on the ground. On all methods. And let a woman choose what it is she would like to use.”
Watch that interview:
Many argue in favor of birth control citing population growth. This is not what prompted the Gates Foundation to hone in on this issue. According to the Seattle Times, Gates said in her TEDxChange presentation in April, “We’re not talking about abortion. We’re not talking about population control. What I’m talking about is giving women the power to save their lives, to save their children’s lives and to give their families the best possible future.” Watch that presentation here:
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Comments (74)
tootsie roll
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 4:24pmHer cause is NOT to help third world country women. IT IS TO STOP YOU FROM PRO-CREATING
Report Post »dmerwin
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:50pmAbsolutely great news. Microsoft is going to pay for all women’s contraception around the world? Thanks, Bill. Took the pressure off of Barack.
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 2:09amAt least the money belongs to Bill & Melinda…………Not Taxpayer money!
Report Post »tootsie roll
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 4:23pmShe is a Catholic in name only
. THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES MAINLY BLACK SHE IS TARGETING YOU BIG TIME! CONTROL OF WORLD POPULATION DOES NOT COME FROM THE POOR BUT THE WELTHY LIKE HER WOMEN BEWARE.
Report Post »Poor women you are her target for NO procreation.
Lightman98
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 3:56pmThink through this policy logically. All mothers risk their lives to give birth to a child. They risk even death. So, giving them contraception tools will lead to fewer births while at the same time reducing the risks of pregnancy. So, according to this policy, the cost of reducing maternal mortaility is less births. This sounds strange. Instead, funding should go for pre-natal and maternal care. Rather, this policy sounds like an indirect way of controling developing country populations.
Report Post »kaydeebeau
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 12:51pmBINGO!!! and because more women will die from ovarian cancer, breast cancer, blood clots etc, the numbers for child-birth related deaths (and child birth itself) will go down. Matters not that women will be dying from the “cure” and further proves that there is no real concern for life and especially the life of women and children which is not really the goal anyway
Report Post »mcsledge
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 3:26pmOne of God’s greatest gifts to man and woman is the gift of procreation.
One of man and woman’s greatest follies is their perverse use (i.e., premarital relations, conception out of wedlock, abortions, etc.) of the gift of creation.
One of man and woman‘s greatest eternal regrets will be their misuse of God’s gift.
The fact is anyone misusing this gift (and trying to cover it up by the use of contraceptives) is a servant of Lucifer, for it is not God that perverts that which is holy and sacred between the man and the woman in their oneness (i.e., marriage covenant).
Report Post »Verceofreason
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 6:11pmSO you‘re saying folks who don’t believe in god can par-taaaaay?
Report Post »Bruce P.
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 2:12pmWhat is this misuse nonsense? It is a fact sex has more purposes, biologically, that simple procreation. It is a method through which mammals, particularly humans, bond with their mates.
Report Post »NOBALONEY
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 2:48pmZero population growth by any means.
Report Post »Midwest Blonde
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 2:45pmThe fact that the Gates money is PRIVATE money, I have no objections. What I object to is OUR [tax money being used for contraception and abortions.
Report Post »Joe Bonham
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 3:17pmSo instead of paying $10 for a contraceptive, you would prefer to pay half a million to raise an unwanted kid?
Try to comprehend the big picture here.
Report Post »chickster
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 5:41pmJoe,, 10.00 per month per person.
Report Post »Bruce P.
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 2:43pmThey hate abortion, but want to limit women’s access to birth control.
They hate welfare mothers, but want to limit women’ access to birth control.
This goes far beyond not wanting tax-payer money being spent on it (which I agree with), they want complete control of a woman’s reproductive health (but not men’s).
Report Post »ManassasGrandma
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 2:19pmMelinda Gates has a right to push what she wants but is false to do it as a catholic. It is worse to do maintaining you are doing it for ‘THE POOR”. She’s into eugenics, thats all.
Report Post »mcsledge
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 3:28pmGod commanded man and woman to become one and to procreate. Anyone promoting variance to this command is not a servant of God, but has proven to be a follower of Lucifer.
Report Post »antitheist
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 4:06pmYes, serious issues like these should be governed by the whims of a 2000 year old dessert religion founded by a bunch of murdering and raping jews.
Report Post »Verceofreason
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 6:04pmGod is a myth to keep the sheeple in line.
Report Post »Git-R-Done
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 6:10pmYeah and other people should be forced to provide for everybody else’s needs and wants in life from cradle to grave.
Report Post »Robert Hawk
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 1:42pmModeling approach to, (WHO) maternal mortality estimation method, to estimate maternal deaths
In short this means we plugged the data from the WHO Estimation in to a computer program (Modeling approach) and it spit out another estimation. This enter article is based on modeling programs which use estimated (guessing) data? Are these people for real?
“For me, what I’m trying to emphasize is the social justice piece of our mission. When ever you hear the words social and justice together, just equate that to Marxism. Let Ms Gates hand out business cards and if these women want contraceptives, they can call her and get on her list as a provider. Other wise …. butt out!
Report Post »JRook
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 2:17pmsocial – Of or relating to society or its organization
justice – Just behavior or treatment, The quality of being fair and reasonable.
Only way you get to Marxism from these two terms is by attending the GB school of ignorance.
Report Post »Git-R-Done
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 6:11pmJrook – Or by you Marxists saying that the rich should be forced to pay higher taxes in order to pay for those in need.
Report Post »sbenard
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 1:31pmThe Gates Foundation also promotes population control. In fall 2009, Gates, Buffett, Soros, and others met at the home of a NY billionaire to discuss how they could use their wealth and their Foundations to promote population control. Simultaneously, the same week, several media journalists, many of whose media were owned by Buffett and Soros, suddenly ran stories promoting coerced population control planet-wide, including in the U.S. and Canada. Some of their ideas included requiring people to purchase a license before they could bear children, a poll or head tax each year for each child a person bears, and a global one-child policy like what China has.
Report Post »I heard about this meeting from Paul Farrell, a leftist who supports the agenda of global population control. Key word — CONTROL! I suggested to him that he fall on the sword, along with his fellow leftists, and rid us of their population influence by putting themselves up as the first persons to be “eliminated”. What a surprise that there are never any takers or samurai sword-fallers on the left!
What irony that all these stories in all these left-controlled media outlets suddenly ran all those population control propaganda campaigns all precisely at the time that these atheist billionaires were meeting together to discuss how to promote that exact agenda! Coincidence? Only to a gullible idiot!
HorseCrazy
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 1:22pmthese people don not have the spine or the guts to say what the really think…that the lesser folks of this world, you know the humble ordinary folks shouldn’t be having babies. they really need to go away. I get sick of seeing their huge home everytime I go to check on my rentals or my office. I am sick of their hypocrisy. do as I say not as I do right?
Report Post »sbenard
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 1:20pmThe problem is that contraception DESTROYS so many babies’ lives! How could they have possibly missed that!?
Report Post »Locked
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 1:46pm“The problem is that contraception DESTROYS so many babies’ lives!”
Please explain, as this makes no sense to me. How would parents, already having a child and raising him or her, ruin that child’s life by using birth control after the child has been born?
Report Post »The_Jerk
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 1:16pmDetermine the result that you desire and I will find the academic institution to provide you the study for proof of that desired result.
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 1:15pmHow do you balance third-world countries way of life to the Liberal mindset. They are so hung up on controlling world population they want to dictate how women in depraved countries reproduce. Instead of throwing a stop gap measure, why not try to change the mindset of men and change the government? Apparently, that is too difficult, so let’s take the easy route instead.
Why is it the woman who has to make the sacrifices and protect themselves from men? We know many men in Africa have no morals and they will boff any woman in site; they act like monkey’s. Why not force them to have vasectomies? If they rape a women, they go to jail and get a vasectomy. I know that will never happen, so I won’t hold my breath.
Unfortunately, contraception might be the way to protect women who are subjagated by men in third-world countries. The last thing we want to happen is a black women to have another baby from rape that she isn‘t able to take care of and surely we don’t want to hold accountable the baby daddy. What a wonderful way to impose population control. Don’t address the symtom, address the problem.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 1:14pmSo what, the debate is not about whether or not birth control should be avaliable, it already is. The debate is about who should pay for it. If Gates wants to buy birth control for devloping nations, have at it.
Report Post »Chromo200
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 2:16pmExactly .. And if Gates wants to save lives of mothers an women, then how about from her foundation give free Diabetes pills, high blood pressure pills, chemotherapy, arthritis medicine, and the list goes on. Gonzo is right it is who pays for it. Gates may pour a lot of money into this project but she wants more, and when she runs out of money then whe wants us to pay more.
And what about the fathers of these poor children don’t they get support in their medicines. She want to do something then she should support the freeing of muslim women and not worry about this country.
Report Post »lassiegirldawn
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 1:13pmHer and her husband believe there are 5 billion too many people in the world, of course she would push this..Her and her husband all so caring in the shots they are giving around the world and soon mandatory for our schoolchildren are sterilization shots. Bill’s daddy was and still is big into eugenics.
Report Post »blaaaaackwoman
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 1:20pmYou’re quite happy that 30,000 children are starving to death every day aren’t you.
Report Post »Verceofreason
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 1:23pmThe Gates are filet mignon.
Report Post »The Palins.Spam.
Psychosis
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 1:23pm@ blaaaaackie
so, why do you support the government MANDATING we burn food for fuel then ?????
Report Post »Git-R-Done
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 6:12pmVoiceofnoreason – At least the Palins aren’t demanding that my wealth be redistributed to lazy bums like you.
Report Post »AllLost
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 1:11pmYou know, at what point does one cease to be part of a group. I know you don’t have to accept everything all of the time, but at some point you simply are not one of ‘them’ any more.
Report Post »AllLost
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 1:06pmLOL, you know what else saves lives? Nuclear weapons, hand guns..and more.
Ultimately abortion saves lives too as those who have been aborted can’t have children that then would go on to die. By this logic billions have been saved.
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 1:05pmso, according to the story, abortion is causing deaths of mothers, so, to limit DEATH BY ABORTION they want more contraception for women ……………..understandable
but, im curious how they are able to IGNORE the millions of female children DYING in the womb,and , wouldnt giving birth actually ELIMINATE DEATH due to ABORTION?????
seems to be a long journey to travel to reduce deaths caused by killing children in the womb since the survival rate is better when you chose childbirth instead
birth control is great …………………abortion is not birth control
Report Post »JimmyP
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 2:11pmNo, you’re missing the point. Didn’t you watch that very cute and clear video? Let’s recap:
1) All women in third world countries look like overweight Lego people.
2) All women in third world countries that look like overweight Lego people only have children that look like overweight Lego girl children. (look closely – how many overweight children that look like overweight Lego boy children do you see? None?, thought so.)
3) All women in third world countries that look like overweight Lego people who have overweight Lego girl children, can only be saved by providing abortifacients, morning after pills and (soon enuf) free abortions that will save the free world from having to provide food, shelter and medical services for the children thay have and that we determine are a danger to their emerging empowerment as scientists, brain surgeons, rock stars and assorted careers we feel are most appropraite for them. After all, forcing free contraception on them is our little way to make them have happy productive lives just like us.
Oh, and the overweight Lego men who are suspiciously absent from this cute, cuddly video, they don’t factor into the equasion. Massive retraining efforts of the overweight Lego men and women as to how to use natural family planning and abstenence won;t work.
Report Post »ZAP
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 1:05pmAll I see is about what people want.What does God want?
Report Post »Joe Bonham
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 3:15pmWho cares?
Report Post »Verceofreason
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 6:07pmWhose god?
Report Post »What make you think YOURS is so special?
SquidVetOhio
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 1:03pmNo one is trying to stop contraceptives. It’s forcing people to pay for them who are morally disinclined is the controversy. She knows that. She is a liar.
Report Post »blaaaaackwoman
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 1:19pmWRONG! Millions of religious zealots ARE trying to stop the use of contraceptives. Read the posts on this forum.
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 1:19pmexcept they are billing them as life saving to folks who are uneducated and don’t know any better in third world countries etc. name one persons life saved by contraceptives…I cannot think of one unless we are talking about easing the pain and discomfort of certain hormonal or reproductive problems like endometriosis. what the bottom line is to me at least is that these elitist snobs don’t want the lesser folks procreating period. they just don’t have the guts to say the truth. but yes I am with you birth control fine but not on my dime
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 1:25pm@ ignorant blaaaackie
name one person on this site that wants to remove contraception
just one
you cant
Report Post »deeberj
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 1:49pmReligious zealots are not trying to stop contraceptives. They are merely pointing out the dangers of using them and trying to get people to see that it‘s possible that they don’t prevent sperm and egg from meeting but prevent implantation, which is basically an abortion and which to some religously minded people is murder and therefore wrong.
So don’t worry, I’m not trying to force you to not use birth control. Get a grip. I’m just giving my point of view.
Report Post »Locked
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 2:29pm@Deeberj
“They are merely pointing out the dangers of using them and trying to get people to see that it‘s possible that they don’t prevent sperm and egg from meeting but prevent implantation, which is basically an abortion and which to some religously minded people is murder and therefore wrong.”
Two points:
1. Do you wish that this type of birth control was illegal? I’m just trying to follow the mental logic, as most people would say “abortion is murder, murder is illegal,” and you just called this an abortio.
2. Technically though, wouldn’t abortion not be the lack of implantation, but the forcible aborting of an already implanted zygote? Not sure if that’s medically correct or not, so I’m just checking.
Report Post »deeberj
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 3:27pmLocked –
Two points:
1. Do you wish that this type of birth control was illegal? Yes, I do. As I also wish abortion was illegal. But it is not right now, so people have the right to do both.
2. Technically though, wouldn’t abortion not be the lack of implantation, but the forcible aborting of an already implanted zygote? In medical (and veterinary) contexts, the technical term “abortion” refers to any process by which a pregnancy ends with the death and removal or expulsion of the fetus, regardless of whether it is spontaneous or intentionally induced.
Report Post »deeberj
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 1:01pmIt is quite possible that providing birth control in third world countries could bring down the maternal death rate. I can see how women with no hospitals could more often die in childbirth.
However, does anyone want to talk about the fatal side effects of birth control? Like heart attack, stroke, gall bladder disease, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism. And later effects like cancer. Besides the lesser side effects like nausea, constipation, bloating, irregular periods, spotting between periods, tender or swollen breasts, weight gain, mood swings including anxiety, nervousness or depression, a decreased libido, headaches and fatigue, ******* discharge, acne, fluid retention and sometimes hair loss and changes in hair growth.
Report Post »Joe Bonham
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 3:20pmHow many women die from any of that? I’m guessing a lot fewer than who die from the many other drugs out on the market.
Report Post »Verceofreason
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 6:08pmThis adult site won let ya say vajayjay?
Report Post »Git-R-Done
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 6:14pmJoe – Yet you Marxists aren’t demanding that we be forced to pay for other drugs on the market.
Voiceofnoreason – Apparently you’re not smart enough to tell the difference between the government and a private organization. But you don’t like the fact that private organizations can do whatever they want without your approval.
Report Post »deeberj
Posted on July 12, 2012 at 3:18pmJoe – we aren’t talking about other drugs. We are talking about birth control. Try to stay on topic.
Report Post »JimL
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 1:01pmphilanthropic misanthropy
Report Post »Lord_Frostwind
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 1:00pmIn the Third world there is new hope; no, people are still starving, still drinking hazardous water, diseases are still running rampant, shelter is unavailable, and wars waging over scant resources, but look on the bright side FREE BIRTH CONTROL!
My faith in humanity dies a little more every day, if this is the best our “intellectual elite” can come up with.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 12:58pmIf one has the money, one can make a study show anything you want it to show about any subject. The government does it all the time, they have your money. I’m sure Gates has a few bucks to spare.
Report Post »Mandors
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 12:57pmTo the extent that this is actually a push for contraceptives, and not a backdoor to promote abortions, I’m not seeing the controversy. Catholics have the right to believe what they want and should not be forced to provide medicines in their clinics contrary to their faith. That said, the Church’s stance on contraceptives has been weak, intellectually and doctrinally, for decades.
Report Post »AllLost
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 1:09pmActually from a purely Christian perspective the Catholic Church is on solid ground.. You may disagree, but the command to be fruitful and multiply is there in black and white.
Don’t get me wrong, my wife and I used contraception, but to say the Roman Catholic church has no doctrinal point via theology is simply not true.
Report Post »Copper Catfish
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 9:50pmTo quote from the article: Gates specifically names Depo-Provera, a hormonal contraceptive that causes abortions by preventing implantation of the newly-conceived human life in the uterine wall. Several studies have linked the controversial drug with bone loss (osteoporosis), which has earned it a “black box” warning from the FDA. Studies have also linked Depo-Provera with increased risk of blood clots, breast cancer, cervical cancer, increased herpes susceptibility, memory loss, and other disorders.
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