Some people think when we talk about contraception that it's code for abortion, which it's not.

Some people worry that the real goal of family planning is to control populations. These are all side issues

Women in Africa will tell you over and over again that what they prefer today is an injectable. They get it in their arm -- and they go about four times a year, they have to get it every three months -- to get their injection. The reason women like it so much in Africa is they can hide it from their husbands

…we have to be really clear about what our agenda is. We're not talking about abortion. We're not talking about population control.

When I grew up, I grew up in a Catholic home. I still consider myself a practicing Catholic. My mom's great-uncle was a Jesuit priest. My great-aunt was a Dominican nun. She was a schoolteacher and a principal her entire life. In fact, she's the one who taught me as a young girl how to read. I was very close to her. And I went to Catholic schools for my entire childhood until I left home to go to university. In my high school, Ursuline Academy, the [mid-1970s] nuns made service and social justice [!] a high priority in the school. Today, in the [Gates] Foundation's work, I believe I'm applying the lessons that I learned in high school. So, in the tradition of Catholic scholars, the [heretic] nuns also taught us to question received teachings. And one of the teachings that we girls and my peers questioned was is birth control really a sin? Because I think one of the reasons we have this huge discomfort talking about contraception is this lingering concern that if we separate sex from reproduction, we're going to promote promiscuity. And I think that's a reasonable question to be asked about contraception: What is its impact on sɛҳuąƖ morality? But, like most women, my decision about birth control had nothing to do with promiscuity. I had a plan for my future. I wanted to go to college.

…sex is absolutely sacred. And it's sacred in Germany, and it's sacred in the United States, and it's sacred in France and so many [not all?] places around the world. And the fact that 98 percent of women in my country who are sɛҳuąƖly experienced say they use birth control doesn't make sex any less sacred.

…the nuns who taught me were incredibly progressive [i.e., heretical]. I hope that they'll be very proud of me for living out what they taught us about social justice [!] and service.

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