Activists avoid family planning because it is politically charged

Evidence

Kavita Ramdas (2012), the former head of the Global Fund for Women, explains that these worthy efforts should be part of a comprehensive approach to gender equality. She calls attention to the fact that many environmentalists and women’s rights activists shy away from talking about family planning because it is politically charged, even though women’s control of their pregnancies is a fundamental right. Ramdas argues that advocates should not use the education of girls to evade the unmet need for family-planning services. A comprehensive approach includes both aspects. Impediments to voluntary contraception contribute to overpopulation. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2891

Categorization

• XREF: Parallels the moral-disengagement theme: advocates morally disengage from family planning to avoid political heat, even at the cost of women’s rights. — connects to: Even politically engaged volunteer groups avoid discussing the substance of public issues — Nina Eliasoph, Avoiding politics: how Americans…, 213