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USAID Has Always Been About Population Control

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For the past six decades, the agency has been operated on the morally bankrupt principle that the best way to eliminate poverty is to eliminate the children of the poor.

The National Catholic Register recently published an editorial, “Separate the Wheat From the Chaff in US Foreign Aid,” attempting to balance support for President Donald Trump’s cuts to “rank ideological colonialism” while promoting USAID’s “humanitarian” work, particularly through Catholic Relief Services (CRS).

Unfortunately, the article overlooks USAID’s inherent ideological colonization.

Even more disqualifying is this: Since its inception, the aid provided by USAID has been tied to population control.

The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, which led to the creation of USAID and still governs its operations today, specifies “control of population growth” as one of the criteria used to determine whether a country is committed to “the most effective use of such assistance to help satisfy basic human needs of poor people.” [Sec. 102, (b)(4)]

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