Reply #37: I don't want to send them anywhere.... [View All]

[LiberalEsto]

I think those who are here should be allowed to stay here.

I would just like to see Mexican women get access to family planning information and contraceptives, same as in the U.S. Unfortunately President Chimp issued a gag order in 2001 on providing family planning information to other countries.

Here are some facts from the Planned Parenthood Foundation website:

"Mexico's population has tripled since the 1950s to nearly 100 million, and it is expected to double again in 32 years."

"Population growth, coupled with large-scale migration from rural to urban areas, is straining Mexico's infrastructure and government services."

"According to the Fundación Mexicana para la Planificación Familiar (MEXFAM, an affiliate of International Planned Parenthood Federation), the country's leading private family planning provider in Mexico, only 44 percent of married women of reproductive age in rural areas use some kind of contraceptive. Sterilization is by far the most common method, followed by the IUD, the pill, injectables, and the rest use traditional methods."

"Traditional methods, such as drinking an herbal tea thought to have abortifacients properties or withdrawal, are very common in rural areas mainly because women there lack access to modern contraceptive services and information."

http://www.plannedparenthood.org/pp2/portal/files/portal/international/wherewework/where-mexico-reproductive.xml