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Dr. Halfdan Mahler, former Secretary-General of the International Planned Parenthood Federation, gave this speech on the occasion of the acceptance of the UN Population Award. Dr. Mahler states that the hope for the future rests with the ability of people to make women productive as well as reproductive in social and economic development. If population efforts are successful, our children and grandchildren will still inherit a world with a population of about 10 billion, but there will be hope. Although inequalities and strains between peoples and nations will continue, the competition for scarce resources will be lessened, and women will not be trapped by absolute poverty, unwanted pregnancy, and perpetual fatigue. The price of failure is intolerable human suffering on a massive scale. Future hope is dependent on women having control over their own fertility. Currently over 50 million women still have unwanted pregnancies, and tens of millions of unwanted children are born each year. Women, men, and youth have a right to make free, informed and responsible choices regarding their sexual and reproductive lives. Unacceptable practices which must be stopped include female genital mutilation, premature marriage, and the sale of women into prostitution. International principles must be translated into actions that empower women to exercise their rights. Governments have a responsibility to provide women with information, education, and services. Governments must exercise political will. Before the year 2000 about 200-300 million couples and individuals should be given access to family planning information and modern contraceptive methods. Many of the population with unmet need are hard to reach and are marginalized in slums and rural squalor. A coordinated effort with private and nongovernmental organizations will be needed in the effort to reach this population. Opposition will be imposed by men at the expense of women. Anti-women ideology is masked as religion or morality. Teenagers must be given the same tools of reproductive health as couples. Abortion restrictions only drive abortion into unsafe settings, which increase maternal mortality risk.
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