Catholic Medical Quarterly Volume 75(4) November 2025
The European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Rights (EPF)
Dr Pravin Thevasathan
The
Catholic World Report has published an important article on the EPF. As
soon as we see "reproductive rights" we know we are dealing with a
pro-abortion group. The EPF has published a study entitled "The Next Wave:
How Religious Extremism is Reclaiming Power" by Neil Datta, its executive
director. Are we talking about Hamas or Hezbollah? No, we are talking
mainly about the Catholic Church.
Before joining the EPF, Datta was the coordinator of the parliamentary programme of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) European Network. Besides the IPPF, the EPF's funding partners are The United Nations Population Fund, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and George Soros. EPF committee members belong to European Socialist parties all united in their loathing of Catholic orthodoxy.
We should not be surprised by The EPF’s targeting of the Catholic Church: IPPF was founded by Margaret Sanger, a eugenicist who really hated the Church. She also wanted to get rid of the disabled by means of population control.
The other organisation examined is The Family Planning 2030 Initiative (FP2030). This "aggressively pushes so-called long-acting reversible 'contraceptives' such as the IUD, implants, and Depo Provera...but these long-acting so called contraceptives cause early, unnoticed abortions." its biggest donors are the Bill Gates Foundation and the United National Population Fund. FP2030 "offers a lucrative aid package to a nation, which must commit to lowering the fertility rate in order to receive the money."
It would seem that the spirit of Margaret Sanger is alive.