Policy Brief

International Planned Parenthood Federation

& Childrens Right to Sex

International Planned Parenthood Federation seeks to establish sexual rights as
internationally protected human rights. A major way they seek to accomplish this goal is by
exposing children and teenagers to graphic sexual materials and teaching them that
experiencing sexual pleasure is not only a human right to which they are entitled, but is
necessary for their health and well-being.

Origins of IPPF

International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) was founded in 1952 with the emerging
motto: Be brave and angry, which is still in use today. IPPF has six regional offices that
oversee 152 Member Associations in 172 countries. IPPF maintains 65,000 service points
worldwide. Major services they promote include contraceptives, abortion, and STI/HIV testing.

IPPF Philosophy: Sexual Rights are Human Rights

IPPFs prevailing philosophy is that sexual pleasure is a basic right that should be protected
under the banner of human rights. IPPFs core values statement says: IPPF believes that Sexual
and Reproductive Health Rights should be guaranteed for everyone because they are
internationally recognized human rights.
1


The strategy of promoting sexual rights as human rights was adopted by IPPF in 1992.
2
Its
advocacy of this rights-based approach has been a major factor contributing to the decline of
sexual responsibility and fidelity as engaging in casual sexual intercourse has become a
perceived right rather than a means of forming and sustaining lasting relationships and
families.

However, even IPPF itself at times has had to admit that their effort to redefine the range of
accepted human rights is a stretch. For example, Carmen Barroso, Western Hemisphere
Regional Director for IPPF, stated, Traditional human rights, they were civil and political
rights, they were not referring to the sexuality of anybody.
3
This statement concedes that
human rights as they were originally outlined and internationally agreed upon had nothing to do
with sexuality or sexual rights. Further, Esther Vicente, Chair of IPPFs panel on Sexual Rights
called promoting sexual rights as human rights a new concept,
4
again conceding that the

1
http://ippf.org/about-us
2
http://ippf.org/resource/Happy-60th-Birthday-IPPF
3
http://ippf.org/resource/IPPFs-Sexual-Rights-Declaration
4
http://ippf.org/resource/IPPFs-Sexual-Rights-Declaration
inclusion of sexual rights under the umbrella of human rights was never the intent of original
human rights declarations or agreements.

Nevertheless, as a result of the concerted efforts of IPPF and others to force sexual rights onto
the stage with legitimate human rights, the right to engage in virtually any sexual behavior is
now increasingly masquerading as a genuine human right rather than being viewed as a personal
choice that carries not only responsibilities, but often grave risks and costs for individuals,
families, communities and nations. The results of this paradigm change can be seen in the
approach IPPF and its member associations use in sexualizing children.

Planned Parenthoods Sexuality Education Materials (Warning: Graphic Content)

IPPF and its member associations specifically target children and young people in their efforts to
promote sexuality under the guise of sexual rights. Planned Parenthood Federation of America
(widely known as Planned Parenthood) is one of the largest IPPF member associations. Here are
some resources Planned Parenthood uses to educate children about sexuality:

Its Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health.
5
This
illustrated childrens book openly normalizes homosexuality and contains graphic
illustrations of both male and female children masturbating. Masturbation is encouraged
as a normal and desirable behavior. The book shows illustrations of entirely nude men
and women having sex, and of naked girls and boys in a variety of situations.

The G Spot Show.
6
This cartoon, created by Flickerlab for Planned Parenthood, is a
program that introduces children to sexual topics. The show is hosted by two characters:
one is an animated penis and the other, a vagina. In the episode, How Pregnancy
Happens, the penis and vagina characters present a sex-ed lesson explaining the
mechanics of fertilization and implantation. Throughout the episode the two characters
engage in crass dialogue, joking about the many places people can have sex. The penis
character gets repeatedly aroused, and the episode ends with him inviting the vagina over
to his place.

Planned Parenthood Website - I NFO FOR TEENS. The INFO FOR TEENS section at
www.plannedparenthood.org addresses a wide range of sexual topics including the
following:

Masturbation

Is masturbation unhealthy?
Answers include the assertion that women who masturbate have higher self-
esteem, and men who masturbate have lower rates of certain cancers.
Is there such thing as too much masturbation?
Is it normal to masturbate before puberty?

5
Harris, Robie. Its Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health. Somerville: Candlewick
Press, 3 edition, 2009. Print.
6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7XR9yH2ETk
If I masturbate with an object, can it give me a sexually transmitted infection?
What should I do if my parents catch me masturbating?

LGBTQ

How do I know if Im gay?
Is it true that its easier to get a sexually transmitted infection if youre LGBTQ?
What does transgender mean?
Answer: Some people find that their gender identity is not in sync with their
sex for example, someone with a penis might be declared a boy at birth, but
grow up feeling, thinking, and acting more like a girl. Many people who feel
this way call themselves transgenderTransgender can include people who
are simply not satisfied with the strict gender roles society dictates, those who
enjoy "playing" the other gender. The term transgender also includes those
who take hormones and/or have surgery to alter their physical bodies to match
their gender identity, also known as transexual. [sic]

Also of interest is this statement in the masturbation section: The myth is that it's abnormal for
children to masturbate. The truth is that masturbation is a perfectly healthy activity at any
ageIn fact, experts recommend that parents teach children that it's normal for people to touch
their sex organs for pleasure. The teen section of plannedparenthood.org also includes a birth
control quiz (including information on the morning-after pill) and a mock game show
segment wherein a teenage girl promotes and normalizes masturbation.

Particularly concerning is the answer to the question listed above, Is it true that its easier to
get a sexually transmitted infection if youre LGBTQ? Answer: No. Anyone who has sex
with another person is at risk of getting a sexually transmitted infection. A gay person's chance
of infection is no different from a straight person's. While it is true that simply declaring a
particular sexual orientation does not increase the odds of infection, male homosexuals suffer
significantly higher rates of infection for many STIs, leading the U.S. Centers for Disease
Control to acknowledge that there is a disproportionate burden of disease among gay and
bisexual men.
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Also omitted from the answer is the acknowledgment that two people who are
infection free and have sex only with each other are completely free of infection risk from sexual
intercourse. IPPF ignores the reality that the best ways to stem the growing epidemic of STIs
and unwanted pregnancies is abstaining from sex before marriage and practicing fidelity after
marriage (i.e., sexual responsibility and monogamy) because these realities neither support
IPPFs sexual rights rhetoric nor advance their business model.

Additionally concerning is that as teens move into their college-age years, Planned Parenthoods
VOX program is ready to help emerging adults continue to exercise their sexual rights through
providing services such as pants-off parties, orgasm workshops, and vaginal and anal fisting
kits.
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7
Bolan, Gail. Syphilis and HIV: A Dangerous Duo Affecting Gay and Bisexual Men. Blog.aids.gov. Dec. 13, 2012.
Web. Accessed Jan. 10, 2014.
8
Hooking Kids On Sex II. American Life League. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7XR9yH2ETk. Accessed Jan.
10, 2014.
IPPF Publications

Happy, Healthy and Hot
9
is one of over 200 publications and videos available on the
IPPF website. This pamphlet is intended for youth who are HIV positive. The pamphlet,
which has been distributed to youth at the UN, makes this astounding and very disturbing
assertion: Young people living with HIV have the right to decide if, when and how
to disclose their HIV status.
10
Happy, Healthy and Hot also condemns the fact that
some countries have laws that say people living with HIV must tell their sexual
partner(s) about their status before having sex, stating that these laws violate the rights
of people living with HIV.
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Happy, Healthy and Hot asserts that young people living with HIV have the right to
sexual pleasure and suggests ways readers can obtain sexual pleasure.
12
The pamphlet
encourages masturbation and instructs readers to explore your partners body with your
hands and mouthTalk about or act out your fantasies. Talk dirty to them. Tickle, tease
and make them feel good.
13
It further states, Lots of people dont mind whether their
partner(s) is HIV negative or positive.
14
The overriding message of the document is that
people who are HIV positive have a right to sexual pleasure even at the risk of exposing
others to a potentially deadly disease.

Exclaim! Young peoples guide to Sexual rights: an IPPF declaration
15
is a
pamphlet promoting sexuality at all stages of life including childhood and young
adulthood stating:

- There is a common misconception that young people are not, or should not be
sexual beings with the exception ofmarried young people or young people
above a certain age. Sexuality is a central aspect of being human during all
phases of each persons life.
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- Sexuality and sexual pleasure are important parts of being human for everyone-
no matter what age, no matter if youre married or not and no matter if you want
to have children or not.
17


- Any limitation on sexual rights must be non-discriminatory, including on the
grounds of age.
18


9
Happy, Healthy and Hot: A young peoples guide to rights, sexuality and living with HIV. London: IPPF. 2010.
10
Ibid, p. 3.
11
Ibid, p. 6.
12
Ibid, p. 7.
13
Ibid, p. 8.
14
Ibid, p. 4.
15
Exclaim! Young peoples guide to Sexual rights: an IPPF declaration. London: IPPF. April 2011.
http://ippf.org/sites/default/files/ippf_exclaim_lores.pdf
16
Ibid, p. 9.
17
Ibid, p. 37.
18
Ibid, p. 21.
- Parental involvement or spousal consent laws that prevent young people from
seeking sexual and reproductive health services should be removed.
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Other publications available on the IPPF website include:
Sex Between Men in Your City
Falling in Love with HIV
The Truth About Men, Boys and Sex
Sexual Diversity: From the Margins to the Mainstream
Pussypedia
Keys to Youth Friendly Services: Adopting a Sex-Positive Approach

Profiting by Sexualizing Children

IPPF says it puts young people at the centre of everything we do.
20
IPPF explains its focus on
young people saying, The adolescence period provides a unique opportunity to shape the
behaviour and attitudes of young men and boys for life.
21
What interest does IPPF have in
shaping the behavior and attitudes of young people for life? According to its stated objectives,
IPPF wants to persuade young people to accept and live out the ideal that experiencing sexual
pleasure is a human right and is necessary for the development and well-being of all people and
societies.
22
It is interesting to note, however, that there is virtually no scientific evidence
offered in IPPF resources to support the claim that sexual pleasure at every stage of life is
necessary for physical or emotional well-being of individuals or societies. This is likely because
of the scarcity of such data as well as the overwhelming data showing the exact opposite: that
that delaying sexual activity and reserving sexual intimacy for one partner offers the most
physical, emotional, social and monetary benefits.
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As an indication that it may not actually be young peoples physical, emotional, or monetary
well-being IPPF is worried about, consider the following. In 2012, IPPF (a non-profit
organization) reported net income of $144,792,000; resources expended by IPPF for 2012
totaled $122,947,000, leaving a differential of $21,845,000.
24
Further, IPPFs financial
statements indicate that out of 309 total IPPF staff members, 38 of those employees earned
between $100,000 and $350,000 in 2012.
25


Similarly, Planned Parenthood Federation of America profits from the consequences of young
people exercising their purported sexual rightsparticularly ending unwanted pregnancies.
Planned Parenthoods reported income from abortion in 2012 was $170,126,320, which

19
Ibid, p. 17.
20
http://ippf.org/resource/Love-sex-and-young-people-learning-our-peer-educators
21
Greer, Gill. The Truth About Men, Boys and Sex: A gender-transformative guide. London: IPPF. June 2009.
http://ippf.org/resource/Truth-About-Men-Boys-and-Sex-gender-transformative-guide
22
Exclaim! Young peoples guide to Sexual rights: an IPPF declaration. London: IPPF. April 2011. P.4
http://ippf.org/sites/default/files/ippf_exclaim_lores.pdf
23
The Family GDP: How Marriage and Fertility Drive the Economy, The Family in America, vol. 24, no. 2 [Spring
2010], 136.
24
http://ippf.org/sites/default/files/financialstatements_2012_en.pdf, p. 23.
25
http://ippf.org/sites/default/files/financialstatements_2012_en.pdf, p. 45.
accounted for 55 percent of clinic income.
26
And Planned Parenthoods president, Cecile
Richards, reportedly earned a total of $583,323 in 2012.
27


It stands to reason that IPPF has recognized that the sooner a child becomes sexually active, the
sooner he or she will become eligible for the services IPPF and its member associations offer,
including contraceptives, STI testing and abortion. Once you have convinced a young person
that it is their human right to experience sexual pleasure even in the face of great physical risks,
and you are there to sell them the remedies for those risks, you have gained a client for life (so
long as your client doesnt suffer premature death from the consequences of exercising their
sexual rights.) Planned Parenthoodjust one of many IPPF member associationtook in a
reported $1.1 billion in 2012.
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Recruiting young people to the cause of sexual rights is big
business.

Driving Public Policy

IPPFs Goal 1 for the period leading up to 2015 is to spearhead a global movement fighting
for sexual rights and reproductive rights for all. To achieve this goal, IPPF states it will fight
for international agreement on the meaning and importance of human rights in sexual and
reproductive health. We will similarly fight for national fulfillment of these rights in every
country in which we operate.
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If IPPFs philosophy triumphs at the international level, it is
likely that their influence will increase exponentially as their universally legitimized sexual
programs affect the minds and influence the behavior of children all over the world, paid for by
their own governments. Planned Parenthood states that it will advocate at every level for sexual
rights and education, fighting on campuses and online, in statehouses and courts, in community
settings, and in the media,with members of Congress, parents, or faith leaders, or arguing
cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.
30


Stuart Halford, IPPF Advocacy Officer, explains a key way IPPF is accomplishing its goal of
redefining sexual behaviors as human rights and enforcing those views: IPPF is advancing
sexual rights at the global level and were doing this through the Universal Periodic Review
Mechanism of the Human Rights Council and thats the process whereby each of the worlds
193 member states of the United Nations has their human rights record reviewed once every four
and a half years...When a country comes up for review our member association is there ready to
advocate.
31


Another IPPF official states, We are still discussing with people about the right for sexuality
education. I think we should not do that anymore, I mean it is a right; we should stop trying to

26
Analysis of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America 2012-2013 ANNUAL REPORT. American Life League.
Dec. 23, 2013, p.4.
27
Analysis of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America 2012-2013 ANNUAL REPORT. American Life League.
Dec. 23, 2013, p.34. http://www.stopp.org/PPFAReports/PPFA_2013_Report.pdf
28
Planned Parenthood Federation of America: A 5-Part Analysis of Business Practices, Community Outcomes, and
Taxpayer Funding. American Life League. www.stopp.org/PPFAReports/PPFA_2013_Report.pdf. p. 3.
29
http://ippf.org/sites/default/files/financialstatements_2012_en.pdf,p. 9.
30
http://www.plannedparenthood.org/about-us/who-we-are-4648.htm
31
http://ippf.org/resource/IPPFs-Sexual-Rights-Declaration
negotiate about it.
32
This statement reveals a tactic IPPF has used and will continue to use in
the effort to establish sexual rights as globally recognized human rights once and for all: to
simply close the door on discussion and categorically declare that sexual rights are
international human rights because they say so. It would seem that IPPF does not really want
to reach international agreement on sexual rights as they say, but rather they intend to declare
their position as fact when in reality there is no international consensus on these highly
controversial sexual issues. Their strategy is reminiscent of standard propaganda philosophies:
If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.
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Funding

As the sexual rights position gains popularity and protection under the law, IPPFs funding is
steadily increasing: IPPFs total income from governments, foundations and other sources rose
by $17.1 million between 2011 and 2012, an increase of 13 percent.
34
Where does most of
IPPFs funding come from? According to IPPFs financial statements for 2012, IPPFs main
source of funding is government grants, which account for 62 percent (2011: 70 percent) of
total income.
35
Similarly, Planned Parenthood reportedly receives $542 million in
taxpayers funds, or 45 percent of its $1.1 billion annual income through local, state, and
federal agencies.
36


IPPF also receives significant funding from UN agencies including UNFPA, UNAIDS and
WHO.
37


Interestingly, IPPF also has a financial partnership with the Global Network of Sex Work
Projects (NSWP) in which IPPF funds are funneled to NSWP to help them achieve their goal of
worldwide acceptance and decriminalization of sex work (prostitution).
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Conclusion

IPPF and its member associations spend billions of dollars in countries around the world to
expose children and teenagers to explicit sexual materials, normalize homosexuality, legalize
prostitution, undermine religious and cultural values, and elevate sexual behaviors to the status
of international human rights. A key strategy to combating these efforts is to refuse to accept
sexual rights as legitimate human rights. Just as surely as IPPF can declare that sexual
rights are human rights, others can maintain, with greater factual and historical basis, that they
are not. Those in a position to oppose the acceptance of sexual rights language into binding and

32
http://ippf.org/resource/Happy-60th-Birthday-IPPF
33
http://thinkexist.com/quotation/-if_you_tell_a_lie_big_enough_and_keep_repeating/345877.html, attributed
to Joseph Goebbels.
34
http://ippf.org/resource/Financial-Statements-2012
35
http://ippf.org/sites/default/files/financialstatements_2012_en.pdf,p. 18.
36
Planned Parenthood Federation of America: A 5-Part Analysis of Business Practices, Community Outcomes, and
Taxpayer Funding conducted by American Life League.
http://www.stopp.org/PPFAReports/PPFA_2013_Report.pdf, p. 3.
37
http://ippf.org/sites/default/files/financialstatements_2012_en.pdf, p. 33.
38
http://www.nswp.org/page/membership-and-governance

non-binding international declarations and agreements should fight vigorously to keep such
language out. Additionally, citizens should seek to reduce or eliminate government funding for
IPPF comprehensive sexuality education programs which indoctrinate children in sexual rights
philosophies that not only run counter to prevalent religious and cultural beliefs in their
countries, but have been shown to sow the seeds of personal and social harm.








































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