Thu Sep 19 05:59:50 UTC 2024: ## Clinton Administration Accused of Using “Empowerment” Rhetoric to Mask Population Control in Haiti
**By Jeffrey St. Clair**
A recent internal U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) report has exposed the true nature of the Clinton Administration’s population control policies in Haiti, casting a harsh light on the hypocrisy surrounding the rhetoric of “empowering women.”
While Hillary Clinton has been vocal about condemning Trump and Vance’s racist rhetoric toward Haitians, this report, unearthed by Ken Silverstein in CounterPunch, reveals that the Clinton administration actively pursued policies aimed at limiting Haitian birth rates.
The report states explicit “targets” for contraception in Haiti, including a goal of 200,000 new contraceptive users, the distribution of 6,000 cycles of birth control pills per month, and the establishment of 23 sterilization facilities. Shockingly, the report makes no mention of any “targets” related to women’s health.
The report further reveals a cynical approach to the “empowerment” rhetoric, suggesting that the “demedicalization or liberalization of service delivery” is necessary. This translates to eliminating the requirement of physician visits before dispensing hormonal contraceptives, effectively bypassing necessary medical checks and potentially putting women at risk.
Evidence of abuse in Haiti, documented by the Brooklyn-based Haitian women’s group, Women of Koalisyon, paints a disturbing picture. Clinics funded by USAID offered incentives like food and money for sterilization. Women were misled about the reversibility of vasectomies and told it would prevent AIDS. Clothing was offered in exchange for agreeing to Norplant implants, which led to serious side effects including bleeding, headaches, dizziness, and depression. Removing these implants proved challenging.
This practice echoes the 1974 National Security Study Memorandum 200 (NSSM 200) commissioned by Henry Kissinger during the Nixon era, which outlined a similar agenda for controlling Third World populations to maintain access to resources. The report, however, hid its true aim behind a façade of concern for individual rights.
This exposes a long-standing pattern of using “empowerment” rhetoric to mask a policy rooted in resource control and economic interests. The immensely wealthy Pew Charitable Trusts, a prominent organization focused on population control, openly admits that the average American’s desire for high standards of living has driven U.S. population policies, a policy that prioritizes sterilization over addressing issues of social justice.
The Clinton administration’s alleged hypocrisy on the issue of population control in Haiti raises serious concerns about the true nature of their “empowerment” rhetoric and the long-standing relationship between the United States and the Third World, particularly concerning the distribution of resources and the perpetuation of unjust power dynamics.
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