Melinda Gates: Contraception is ‘one of the best’ ways to fight poverty

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Melinda Gates promoted contraception for women in developing nations yet again in two media opportunities last week.

Gates told online CNN readers in an opinion piece, “Contraceptives are simply one of the best anti-poverty initiatives the world has ever seen.”

Contraceptives are necessary tools for women, she said in her op-ed, and also in her segment produced for TIME’s 2017 list of The Most 100 Influential People in the World. Gates was named to the list last week under the Leaders category.

She opined for CNN about budget cuts proposed by the Trump administration “that would threaten the very progress so many are working so hard to achieve.”

And she said U.S. foreign aid dollars going toward contraception overseas was good global economic investing.

“Another U.S. investment that yields enormous returns for the global economy is contraceptives,” Gates wrote. “When women have access to the tools they need to plan and space their pregnancies, the results are transformative for societies.”

She also endorsed smaller families and dissuaded at-home motherhood in favor of the good of the workforce.

“Smaller families mean women are better able to work outside the home,” Gates stated, “and that families are able to devote more resources to the healthcare, nutrition, and education of each of their children, improving the prospects of the workforce of tomorrow. Contraceptives are simply one of the best anti-poverty initiatives the world has ever seen.”

Culture of Life Africa founder Obianuju Ekeocha responded to Gates’s CNN opinion piece on Twitter, tweeting Tuesday morning, “Population control couched in the smoothest, softest language … ”