**I noticed a couple of recent articles written about the Tetanus vaccine being used for sterilization and I figured I would point out that it is, in fact, being used for that purpose. See the below two articles, one from Yemen and the other from the Philippines, to see the concerns raised by parents and health professionals. Then take a look at the admission from a former health official associated with the sterilization campaign in 1996 in the Philippines.**
YEMEN: Tetanus immunization drive targets 1.7 million women
Yemen officials say poor health awareness among citizens is one of the key challenges faced in the efforts to vaccinate women.
Thousands of women in rural areas refuse to take the vaccine fearing it might cause sterility, Ali al-Khawlani, a medical worker, told IRIN from Dhamar Governorate..
Full Story on quest to Steriliz...errr, I mean Vaccinate 1.7 million women
Group brands tetanus vaccines as contraceptives; DOH denies allegations
Davao City, Philippines (13 October) --
A group consisting of medical practitioners, local public servants, and advocates for natural family planning has alleged that the recent tetanus toxoid (TT) vaccination order of the Department of Health and the Department of Education is a form of birth control.
Judge Jesus Quitain, representing the Archdiocese of Davao, questioned DepEd's memorandum order that provides free tetanus toxoid vaccination to 14 year old and above females in all public schools.
The order also indicated the deadline for the submission of the list of female students to be subjected for vaccination last August 23, 2010.
"If the main purpose of the vaccination is for anti-tetanus, then why did they limit it to only 14 year and above females when even males are actually more prone to tetanus infection?" he said.
Full Sterilization Campaign Story
**To answer Yemen's and the Phillipines' concerns....YUP. See an article published in 1996 after the WHO was caught distributing the tainted vaccines**
Former population control official affirms Philippine vaccine scandal
A former official with the Philippine government’s population control organization has released an official medical report affirming that Filipina women were injected with sterilizing agents without their knowledge or consent.
Antonio (Sonny) de los Reyes served from 1978 to 1982 in a number of Pilipino population control agencies. He was in Toronto recently to attend meetings of a Catholic charismatic prayer group.
Mr. De los Reyes, 52, served as executive director of the Commission on Population, the body coordinating the Philippine government’s population policy. He was forced out after criticizing the government for targeting the poor in its population control efforts.
Although reinstated in 1986, De los Reyes refused to go back to his old position and instead devoted his life to speaking out against anti-population schemes. Today, de los Reyes is national president of the Council of Philippine Laity. The council came to international attention when it uncovered evidence of a widespread sterilization program aimed at young Filipina women.
Advertised as a national vaccination effort, the program involved the lacing of anti-tetanus toxoids with a sterilizing chemical known as HCG. Thousands of Filipino women between the ages of 15 and 45 were inoculated by the tainted vaccines. Only through the efforts of Catholic church organizations was the tainted vaccine brought to public attention.
Mr. de los Reyes said government officials at first denied the accusations and later suggested the presence of the sterilizing agent in the vaccine was an accident.
Full Story on Affirmation
**This wasn't the last time they got caught sterilizing populations with vaccines either**
UNICEF Nigerian Polio Vaccine Contaminated with Sterilizing Agents Scientist Finds
Scientist says things discovered in vaccines are "harmful, toxic"
Full Nigeria Polio Sterilization Article
Patent for the Chemical (HCG) Used in the Vaccines for the Sterilization
HCG Used for Sterilization Vaccine