Jason – one of my Ning Social Network friends asked me to explain the Unplanned Pregnancy Project in a nutshell. He gave me permission to publish his email. Below are his exact words and my reply.
Thing is, I had been thinking that my music should be dedicated to projects I care about. I realize you’ve written a lot about this project of yours but can you, in a nutshell, piece it together for me so I can wrap my brain around it? I know it’s more expansive but maybe if you can summarize in a couple of paragraphs for me?
What I know so far – you’re concerned with overpopulation and you want safer alternatives to chemically inspired birth control. I am in agreement with you here. I think the drugs they give women for birth control really mess with their estrogen balance, which creates many problems in the body – and also in a woman’s relationship with her partners and the outside world in general.
For the male, the options are slim. Rubber devices which make sex uncomfortable or a “minor” operation – both of which may or may not work at all, depending on circumstances. Operations, however minor, even “exploratory surgery” can leave inner scars, prompting a lifetime of arthritic pain. It’s not something I want in my groin.
So, I’m with you. I’m just not clear on your solutions yet. Can you help?
Yes, sure… In a nutshell the Unplanned Pregnancy Projects (UPP) is about empowering people of both sexes with a simple knowledge. Hence “you-choose-when”, not “see what happens… whether it happens at all”. The knowledge Im talking about isn´t something I have originated. I´ve researched it and lived by many of the methods, I talk about in my book, for two decades before I got the idea to write about them. Knowing what to do in a certain moment, the desire to stay child free and a right attitude/responsibility is all one needs in order to avoid UP. It really isnt a big deal. In fact I find it less work than boil an egg.
The idea is to create a world:
Where all young people CHOOSE when to become parents.
Where there isn’t overpopulation running out of hand or an army of hungry, unwanted children.
Where abortion simply doesn’t exist because there isn’t such a thing as unplanned pregnancy.
Where children don’t give birth to children.
Where there aren’t forced relationships or marriages either. (Have you heard of men saying: “I was trapped in a relationship by UP.”)
Only a year ago I didn´t know that contraceptive drugs come with a list of dangerous side effects… Pharmaceutical companies run a business and until there is a price tag on ´things´ it´s highly unlikely that ´health´ and ´permanent cure´ will be their concern, but I don´t blame them. This is the way our monetary system is designed… The moment I was taken out of my cosy ignorance, by a friend of mine, I decided to write a book and tell people what I know. This wasn´t my idea either. It was given to me by another friend of mine who went through a traumatic abortion many years ago. However, back then I didn´t see the point of writing a book.
Talking about the rubber devices. I can only say that they are absolute must in a first time, steamy encounter, but when you know your partner there
isn´t any need to use them. The only problem one needs to avoid is UP and this is done the natural ways by either of the partners: not having sex or going for another form of sex during the fertile period, which is only 3-5 days in a month. Then there is withdrawal, hygiene and many others. The skill one needs to learn to be successful here is the easiest and simplest ´thing´ to learn compared to learning the skill to drive or cook. One needs only a few hours to master it and then just keep on practising, which practise we do anyway by the natural call for reproduction.
. One ´thing´ that goes hand in hand with any method though is a right Attitude…
So, yeah. There isn´t much to it and frankly there really isn´t a single valid reason why we, globally, should go through all problems like: dropping out of school, abortion to overpopulation or hunger. Do you agree? The only reason I see for this mas ignorance is the huge profits the pharmaceutical companies want to secure for the politicians they support, bankers and the system they defend, but I don´t blame them. They do exactly what they are suppose to do. I do what I feel right for me to do…
You too follow your heart. The whole idea has to make sense to you first.
Warmly,
Pett
P.S. Do you mind if I publish on my Blog your email and my response to it. You bring up a valid question. I´m sure there are others who ask the same.
