NEW YORK, October 10 (C-Fam) A UN event abruptly ended when a women’s rights attorney asked International Planned Parenthood Federation’s Director General why harmful contraceptives were targeted to poor women in Africa.
"In countries where HIV is a significant problem, where we don’t have access to good healthcare, why would we be using the most dangerous contraceptives," asked Kwame Fosu. Eleven studies, including one by Gates Foundation researcher Dr. Renee Heffron, concluded that users of the injectable Depo Provera have a significant risk of transmitting and acquiring HIV/AIDS, added Fosu.
Tewodros Melesse avoided answering. Instead, IPPF’s chief gave a general statement supporting Depo Provera. He failed to explain why African women are targeted with dangerous progesterone contraceptives rarely used by Caucasian women.
Co-sponsors IPPF, Denmark and Liberia organized the meeting to attract high-level ministers in New York for the UN’s General Assembly to garner additional support for family planning in the post-2015 development agenda.
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